Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata
Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins
Flatspine Stickseed, Western Stickseed
Boraginaceae (Borage Family)
USDA Symbol: LAOCCUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Lappula redowski var. texana
Hairy Stickseed
Boraginaceae
Location: 95 m E of guard gate & 25 m N of S Oakwell Farms Pky--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Open, level, dry, alkaline, alluvial soil. Among Poaceae.
Description: Several stems from base, loosely ascending to 40 cm, from stout taproot, hispid-villous throughout, the hairs slender & loosely ascending. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, to .5x8 cm, reduced upwardly. Cymes racemose, solitary, terminal. Corolla pale blue, funnel form, 3 mm long, tube cylindric.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 8, 1993
Specimen number: 494
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0736
Accession Date: Apr 26, 1994
Accession Number: 53
Annotations: (In flower & fruit)
SCFRB