Native Plants
Condalia hookeri var. hookeri
Condalia hookeri M.C. Johnst. var. hookeri
Brazilian Bluewood
Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn Family)
USDA Symbol: COHOHUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Condalia hookeri var. hookeri
Bluewood, Condalia
Rhamnaceaeeae
Location: S edge of East-West Path, mid-way from N Oakwell Farms Pky to wooden footbridge--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In understory of Celtis & Ulmus, in dry alkaline soil.
Description: Shrub, much branched, to 3 m tall. Leaves alternate, some fascicled on spur shoots; entire, obovate, rounded or apiculate at apex, cuneate to a short-petioled basally, to 30 mm long, some nearly as broad, buffy-green. Flowers solitary, or seemingly fascicled; petals absent.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: June 26, 1994
Specimen number: 625
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0911
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: SCXXB (In flower)