Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ilex vomitoria
Ilex vomitoria Aiton
Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina
Aquifoliaceae (Holly Family)
USDA Symbol: ILVOUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Ilex vomitaria
Evergreen Yaupon
Aquilifoliaceae
Location: Limestone hill, 200 m E of Harry Wurzbach Rd & 80 m S of S Oakwell Farms Pky--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Crowded brushy area, in caliche over limestone. Nominal moisture. Several in the grove.
Description: Small tree, 5 m high, much branched. Leaves dark-green, lustrous above, paler beneath; elliptic to obovate-elliptic, to 5 x 1.5 cm long/wide, crenulate-serrulate. Infloresence pedunculate, fascicled, axillary, 3-flowered. Corolla 4-parted.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 27, 1994
Specimen number: 554
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0840
Accession Date: Jul 26, 1994
Accession Number: 63
Annotations: DSXXB Dioecious/Staminate
(In flower)