Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Menodora heterophylla
Menodora heterophylla Moric. ex DC.
Low Menodora, Redbud, Twinpod
Oleaceae (Olive Family)
USDA Symbol: MEHE2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Menodora heterophylla
Red Bud
Oleaceae
Location: Between broad drain N. of Gazebo at Recreation Center & Ira Lee Rd, about even w/tennis courts--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun. Alkaline/alluvial soil.
Description: Perennial herb, to 15 cm tall, aprawling/matted. Leaves narrow. Buds bright red. Upper surface of petals sulphur-yellow. Corollas 18 mm dia. Fruit in pairs, circumscissile.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Sep 18, 1994
Specimen number: 675
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0961
Accession Date: Nov 22, 1994
Accession Number: 76
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)