Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Arbutus xalapensis
Arbutus xalapensis Kunth
Texas Madrone, Madrone, Texas Arbutus, Manzanita, Xoxocote, Amazaquitl
Ericaceae (Heath Family)
USDA Symbol: ARXA80USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Arbutus xalapensis
Texas Madrone
Ericaceae
Location: N side of Canyon Lake, 3 km N of Hancock, 1.6 km S of Hwy 32, on Eagle's Peak.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Occasional colony on dry hillside.
Description: Small tree to 10 m tall. Evergreen leaves are smooth. Bark is peeling to pink or reddish-brown. Infloresence is a panicle of white, urn-shaped flowers, each .5 cm long with fused petals.
County: Comal
Collector: Mary Beth White
Collection Date: Mar 29, 1994
Specimen number: 184
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0721
Accession Date: Apr 25, 1994
Accession Number: 52
Annotations: SCXXC
(In flower)