Texas Wildbuds
Palafoxia texana var. texana
(Texas Palafox)
Palafoxia texana var. texana, Lake Casa Grande State Park, Webb Co. 4474
Palafoxia texana var. texana, Lake Casa Grande State Park, Webb Co. 4466
Palafoxia texana var. texana, Lake Casa Grande State Park, Webb Co. 4452
Palafoxia texana var. texana, Lake Casa Grande State Park, Webb Co. 4461/62
Palafoxia texana var. texana, Lake Casa Grande State Park, Webb Co. 4456
Palafoxia texana var. texana, Lake Casa Grande State Park, Webb Co. 4459
| Scientific Name | Palafoxia texana var. texana | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PATET |
| Common Name | Texas Palafox | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 529357 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Dry, calcareous (limey), usually rocky or gravelly soils in fields, meadows, open brushlands and disturbed areas. Plant: Erect, stout annual, 8 to 32 inches tall; stem and leaves densely covered with appressed pubescent hairs; upper portion branched. Leaves: Midstem leaf blades are linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.2 to 3.2 inches long and 0.2 to 0.8-inch wide, alternate. Inflorescence: Loose terminal corymbs of flower heads about 1/2-inch across; no ray florets; 10 to 25 white to pink disk florets each with 4 or 5 spreading corolla lobes; involucre with hairy phyllaries 0.2 to 0.3 inches long. Blooming Period: Spring to fall. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, "Flowering Plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and Adjacent Areas" by Powell, Worthington and Powell and Flora of North America. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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