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Cienfuegosia drummondii
Cienfuegosia drummondii (A. Gray) Lewt.
Yellow Flymallow
Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: CIDR
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
The species name of this plant is named for Thomas Drummond, (ca. 1790-1835), naturalist, born in Scotland, around 1790. In 1830 he made a trip to America to collect specimens from the western and southern United States. In March, 1833, he arrived at Velasco, Texas to begin his collecting work in that area. He spent twenty-one months working the area between Galveston Island and the Edwards Plateau, especially along the Brazos, Colorado, and Guadalupe rivers. His collections were the first made in Texas that were extensively distributed among the museums and scientific institutions of the world. He collected 750 species of plants and 150 specimens of birds. Drummond had hoped to make a complete botanical survey of Texas, but he died in Havana, Cuba, in 1835, while making a collecting tour of that island.
Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb , Subshrub
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Breeding System: Flowers Bisexual
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Stems decumbent to ascending, up to about 2 feet long.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: YellowDistribution
USA: TXWeb Reference
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Cienfuegosia drummondii in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Cienfuegosia drummondii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Cienfuegosia drummondii
Metadata
Record Modified: 2022-11-07Research By: DEW