Native Plants
Allionia choisyi
Allionia choisyi Standl.
Smooth Trailing Four O'Clock, Trailing Four O'Clock, Annual Windmills, Umbrellawort, Garapatilla
Nyctaginaceae (Four O'clock Family)
USDA Symbol: ALCHUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Allionia choisyi
Smooth Umbrella-wort
Nyctaginaceae
Location: 100 m E of Tennis Courts next to swimming pool--Oakwell Farms, San AntonioLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Bare ground in opening of dense woods; caliche soil.
Description: Perennial herb from woody root. Stems trailing, to 1 m long, stout. Leaves opposite/unequal (petioles to 2+ cm), ovate to oblong, rounded to near acute apically, broadly cuneate at most bases. Branching from one of the axils of most paired leaves. Involucre saccate, 5-7 mm long, terminal.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 4, 1994
Specimen number: 583
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0870
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: SCFXB (In flower & fruit)