Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Argythamnia humilis var. humilis
Argythamnia humilis (Engelm. & A. Gray) Müll. Arg. var. humilis
Low Silverbush, Low Wild Mercury
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
USDA Symbol: ARHUHUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Argythamnia humilis var humilis
Wild Mercury
Euphorbiaceae
Location: Blanco Rd., 1.5 km N of Loop 1604, on east R.O.W.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Moist, loose soil from detritus organic material and limestone. Full sun.
Description: Erect, 35 cm stem from taproot & many, long fibrous roots, pubescent throughout. Freely branching. Leaves lance-ovate, to 1x5 cm. Petioled (1-3 mm), entire, 3-nerved from base. Infloresence androgenous. Racemes from axils, to 28 mm long. Staminate flowers clustered along raceme (many); pistillate (1-3) at base. Fruit 3-celled. Seed 1 per cell.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 29, 1990
Specimen number: 456
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0665
Accession Date: Mar 22, 1994
Accession Number: 49
Annotations: MCFRB