Native Plants
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. puberula
Thymophylla pentachaeta (DC.) Small var. puberula (Rydb.) Strother
Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: THPEP2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. puberula
Paralena, Dogweed
Asteraceae
Location: Vacant lot, SW corner of Carraige Square-Oakwell FarmsLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun, nominal moisture; alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Perennial, erect, much branched from single stalk, 20 cm tall. Leaves 5-7 parted, narrow. Peduncles 5+ cm. Calyculum 1-3 slender, glandless bracts. Involucre campanulate. Corolla yellow. Outer phyllaries free 1/3 of their length.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Sept. 3, 1987
Specimen number: 318
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0111
Accession Date: Sept. 28, 1993
Accession Number: 41
Annotations: SCFRB [= Dysoddia pentachaeta]