Texas Wildbuds
Tiquilia canescens var. canescens
(Woody Crinklemat)
Tiquilia canascens var. canascens, Along RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7044
Tiquilia canascens var. canascens, Along RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7040
Tiquilia canascens var. canascens, Along RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7042
Tiquilia canascens var. canascens, Along RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7045
Tiquilia canascens var. canascens, Along RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7046
| Scientific Name | Tiquilia canescens var. canescens (Coldenia canescens) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | TICAC |
| Common Name | Woody Crinklemat | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 530697 |
| Family | Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Caliche, rocky limestone soils in dry, open areas in desert scrub, dry creeks, roadsides and rocky slopes. Plant: Low, spreading, perennial, forming mats 8 to 24 inches across; numerous, hairy, leafy stems 2 to 10 inches long, older stems woody. Leaves: Densely hairy, silvery, ovate to elliptic leaves, 1/4 to 5/8-inch long and less than 1/3-inch wide; base and tips are obtuse to broadly acute, and the margins rolled under (revolute); on short petioles less than 1/4-inch long and often clustered at nodes along the stems. Inflorescence: Solitary light pink or rose to rarely white flowers, somewhat inconspicuous hidden in the leaves; usually sessile in leaf axils; funnel-shaped corolla about 1/3-inch long or less and about as wide with 5 spreading, broadly rounded lobes with erose margins. Blooming Period: March to August. References: Coldenia canescens in “Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston; SEINet |
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Texas Status: Native |
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