Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. rigidum
Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. ssp. rigidum (A. Gray) T.D. Penn.
Gum Bully, Brazos Bumelia, Black Haw
Sapotaceae (Sapodilla Family)
USDA Symbol: SILAR2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Bumelia lanuginosa var. rigida
Spiny Bumelia
Sapotaceae
Location: South of the East-West path, on North side of Carriage Sq--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In heavy, taller brush. Nominal moisture; deep, alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Sprawling shrub, 4 m wide x 2 m tall. Quite thorny in axils of mature leaves. Leaves alternate obovate, short petiolate; w/moderate, persistent, whitish pubesence on lower surface. Flower/fruit not present.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 5, 1987
Specimen number: 210
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0452
Accession Date: Jul 27, 1993
Accession Number: 36
Annotations: SXXXB