Native Plants
Kallstroemia parviflora
Kallstroemia parviflora J.B.S. Norton
Warty Caltrop, Small-flowered Carpetweed
Zygophyllaceae (Creosote-Bush Family)
USDA Symbol: KAPAUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Kallstroemia parviflora
Warty Caltrop
Zygophyllaceae
Location: Vacant lot #66 Campden Circle--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry, alkaline, alluvial soil. Full sun.
Description: Prostrate annual, stems striate, to 1 m long. Leaves opposite, even pinnate (3-5 pairs), eliptical overall, stipitate. Leaflets eliptical to oblong, appressed hirstue, to about 4x10mm. Peduncles axillary, single, longer than subtending leaves. Petals 5, orange, about 4x7 mm wide/long. Fruit an ovoid body with cylindrical beak. Mericarps rugose, 1-3mm.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 3, 1987
Specimen number: 292
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0540
Accession Date: Aug 24, 1993
Accession Number: 40
Annotations: SCFRB