Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis
Ptelea trifoliata L. var. mollis Torr. & A. Gray
Common Hoptree, Downy Wafer Ash, Downy Hop Tree
Rutaceae (Rue Family)
USDA Symbol: PTTRMUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. trifoliata var. mollis
Hop-Tree, Skunk Bush
Rutaceae
Location: 3 m E of E R.O.W. of Ira Lee Rd & 30 m S of Laurens Lane, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Understory of Prosopis, among other Ptelea, in level, alkaline alluvial soil. Half-day sun.
Description: Shrub 3.5 m tall. Leaves alternate, trifoliate. Petiole 4.5 cm long. Leaflets 3 x 4.5 cm; terminal one larger & cuneate; all sessile. Fruits 2-carpellate; seeds in center of circular, 1.7 dia, thin, indihescent samara in a single plane.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Apr 29, 1994
Specimen number: 566
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0850
Accession Date: Jul 26, 1994
Accession Number: 63
Annotations: SXFXB (In fruit)