Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Kallstroemia parviflora
Kallstroemia parviflora J.B.S. Norton
Warty Caltrop, Small-flowered Carpetweed
Zygophyllaceae (Creosote-Bush Family)
USDA Symbol: KAPAUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Kallstroemia parviflora
Warty Caltrop
Zygophyllaceae
Location: Vacant lot, E corner of Campden Circle & Cheshire Court-Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; nominal moisture; alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Prostrate annual, many stemmed (to 60 cm long). Leaves canescent, pinnate (3-5 pair of leaflets). Leaflets elliptical, hirsute, 6+ x 11+ mm. Corolla 5-merous, petals pale orange. Fruits ovoid with cylindrical beak longer than body.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Sept. 3, 1987
Specimen number: 317
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0108
Accession Date: Sep 28, 1993
Accession Number: 41