Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Rhus virens
Rhus virens Lindh. ex A. Gray
Evergreen Sumac, Tobacco Sumac, Lambrisco, Lentrisco
Anacardiaceae (Sumac Family)
USDA Symbol: RHVI3USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Rhus virens
Evergreen Sumac
Anacardiaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, Texas 78023.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Varying conditions, but uniformly under Juniperus ashei.
Description: To 4 m tall, spreading branches with some touching the ground. Leaves alternate, 4 cm long, with 5-9 leaflets on stiff stems. Upper surface is dark green and shiney. Small, white, 5-petaled flowers in clusters, 4-6 cm long at end of stout branches.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Sep 25, 1995
Specimen number: 192
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1071
Accession Date: May 29, 1996
Accession Number: 88
Annotations: SCXXB (In flower)