Host an Event Volunteer Join Tickets

Support the plant database you love!

Share

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:
Carphochaete bigelovii (Bigelow's bristlehead)
Loughmiller, Campbell and Lynn

Carphochaete bigelovii

Carphochaete bigelovii A. Gray

Bigelow's Bristlehead, Bigelow Bush

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: CABI6

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

 

From the Image Gallery

2 photo(s) available in the Image Gallery

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate , Opposite
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Shape: Elliptic , Linear , Oblanceolate
Size Notes: Up to about 10 feet tall, often much shorter.
Leaf: Leaf arrangement; typically opposite, occassionally alternate.
Fruit: Yellow-green to golden brown. (Webref 3). Fruit is a cypsela (pl. cypselae). Though technically incorrect, the fruit is often referred to as an achene.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Purple
Bloom Time: Jan , Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun
Bloom Notes: Flowers 15-20 mm, throats usually purplish, lobes creamy white. (Webref 3).

Distribution

USA: AZ , NM , TX
Native Distribution: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Sonora. (Webref 3).
Native Habitat: Sandy soils, rock outcrops in grasslands, chaparral, pine-oak woodlands. (Webref 3).

Growing Conditions

Water Use: Medium
Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade
Drought Tolerance: High

Bibliography

Bibref 293 - Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (1979) Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston

Search More Titles in Bibliography

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Additional resources

USDA: Find Carphochaete bigelovii in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Carphochaete bigelovii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Carphochaete bigelovii

Metadata

Record Modified: 2012-09-17
Research By: WMWW

Go back