Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Simsia calva
Simsia calva (Engelm. & A. Gray) A. Gray
Awnless Bush Sunflower, Bush Sunflower
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: SICA7USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Simsia calva
Bush Sunflower
Asteraceae-Heliantheae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun, west facing hill, very rocky and thin soil.
Description: Low, scraggly bush, to 45 mm high; rough to touch. Leaves opposite, lobed, deltoid, petiolate with broad stipules. Flower head solitary on 10 cm peduncle, terminal.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Apr 1, 1994
Specimen number: 73
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0710
Accession Date: Apr 24, 1994
Accession Number: 51
Annotations: (in flower)
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