Texas Wildbuds
Berlandiera X betonicifolia
(Texas Greeneyes)
Berlandiera X betonicifolia, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 5905
Berlandiera X betonicifolia, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 5899
Berlandiera X betonicifolia, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 5908
Berlandiera X betonicifolia, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 5916
Berlandiera X betonicifolia, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 6705
| Scientific Name | Berlandiera X betonicifolia | USDA PLANTS Symbol | BEBE4 |
| Common Name | Texas Greeneyes | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 36830 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat Sandy-loamy soils, in or on edges of oak, pine, and/or hickory woodlands. Plant: Erect leafy perennial 24 to 43 inches tall, flexible, usually branched, smooth and sometimes woody stems. Leaves: Deep green, broad triangular to ovate, 1/2 to 1-1/4 times as wide as long, crowded and sessile above, more evenly-spaced from midstem and below and short-petiolate; serrate to partially double-serrate to dentate edges; fine hairs on both surfaces. Inflorescence: A few composite flower heads in terminal corymb clusters, each up to 2 inches across with 5 to 12 yellow rays with greenish veins visible on the back sides; maroon/red disk florets subtended by green phyllaries that give the disk an overall green appearance; peduncles (flower stalks) are densely hairy; involucre phyllaries (bracts) below rays are wide overlapping and covered with velvety hairs. Blooming Period: April to September. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Shinners & Mahler’s Flora of North Central Texas" by Diggs, Lipscomb and O’Kennon and Flora of North America Note: This plant is considered by some authorities to be a hybrid between B. texana and B. pumila; others assume it to be synonomous with B. texana. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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