Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Melochia tomentosa
Melochia tomentosa L.
Pyramid Bush, Teabush, Red Rope, Velvety Melochia, Kidney Bush, Woolly Pyramidflower
Sterculiaceae (Cacao Family)
USDA Symbol: METO4USDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Melochia tomentosa
Broomwood
Sterculiaceae
Location: 120 m S of wooden bridge & W of path--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun. Nominal moisture. Alkaline, alluvial soil. Scattered among Poaceae.
Description: Erect shrub to 65+ cm tall with thin herbaceous branches. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, petiolate (20+ mm), rounded basally, acute apically, coarsely dentate, about 2.5 x 6 cm. Fruit not present.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 29, 1987
Specimen number: 242
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0469
Accession Date: Jul 27, 1993
Accession Number: 36