Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Allionia choisyi
Allionia choisyi Standl.
Smooth Trailing Four O'Clock, Trailing Four O'Clock, Annual Windmills, Umbrellawort, Garapatilla
Nyctaginaceae (Four O'clock Family)
USDA Symbol: ALCHUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Alliona choisyi
Smooth Umbrella-Wort
Nyctaginaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, TX.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Edge plant of trees and bushes. Full afternoon sun on west facing hill.
Description: Erect, 40 cm stem, terete, green dia. 2 mm/base & 1 mm/top. Leaves opposite, entire, to 30x21 mm, lower almost sessile, cordate to ovate, upper almost clasping. Stamens (4) and pistel exerted. Filaments inequal, purple. Anthers bright yellow, .5x.8 mm. Sepals 5, conate, bright purple, campanulate, 19 mm dia.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Nov 6, 1993
Specimen number: 029
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0629
Accession Date: Jan 25, 1994
Accession Number: 47
Annotations: SCFRB