Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Galphimia angustifolia
Galphimia angustifolia Benth.
Narrowleaf Goldshower, Thryallis, Narrow-leaf Goldshower
Malpighiaceae (Barbados Cherry Family)
USDA Symbol: GAAN3USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Galphimia angustifolia
Narrowleaf Thryallis
Malpighiaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: On edge of tree line.
Description: Shrub. An erect clump, 45 cm high, herbaceous above. Leaves opposite, sessile or nearly so, sinear lanceolate 25-50 mm long, entire with a pair of glands. Racemes laxly flowered, 15 cm long. Flowers yellow/orange, reddening with age. Pedicels articulate, 6 mm long. Fruit a subglobose capsule, 3-lobed, 3-4 mm long. Carpels separating and dihescent.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jun12, 1993
Specimen number: 007
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0429
Accession Date: Jun 29, 1993
Accession Number: 33
Annotations: SCFRB [=Thryallis angustifolia]