Texas Wildbuds
Chloracantha spinosa
(Spiny Chloracantha)
Chloracantha spinosa, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8635
Chloracantha spinosa, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8625
Chloracantha spinosa, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8617
Chloracantha spinosa, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8613
Chloracantha spinosa, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8622
Chloracantha spinosa, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8614
Chloracantha spinosa, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8628
| Scientific Name | Chloracantha spinosa | USDA PLANTS Symbol | CHSP11 |
| Common Name | Spiny Chloracantha, Mexican Devil-weed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 506896 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Moist, saline soils on riverbanks, bottomlands, ditch banks. Plant: Perennial, colony-forming subshrub 20 to 60 inches tall; erect, wandlike, green stems, lower portions usually thorny and often thornless above. Leaves: Oblanceolate, alternate and sessile blades 3/8 to 1-5/8 inches long; edges are entire or rarely with 1 or 2 pairs of small teeth; early deciduous. Inflorescence: Single or loose clusters of small composite flowerheads, 3/8 to 5/8-inch across, each flower with 20 to 33 white rays and 25 to 70 yellow disc florets; cylindrical involucre with lanceolate phyllaries graduated in a series of 4 or 5 with rounded tips and transparent edges. Bloom Period: May to October. References: SEINet and Jepson Herbarium. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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