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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual , Perennial
Habit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Capsule , Caryopsis
Size Notes: Up to about 2 feet tall.
Leaf: “Leaves: blade ovate, elliptic, spatulate, or linear proximally, to elliptic, lanceolate, or linear distally (often longer than proximal ones), 4–45(–65) × 1.5–4(–6) mm, base usually acute, sometimes cuneate or obtuse, apex acute to acuminate or obtuse, surfaces not translucent-punctate, hairs incurved.” (Webref: 38).
Flower: “Inflorescences terminal or leaf-opposed, racemes, loose, 2–12 × 0.9–1.4 cm; peduncle 0.5–1.5 cm; bracts linear to narrowly ovate. Pedicels 1–5 mm, pubescent. Flowers purplish, wings rarely yellow, keel distally yellow or yellowish green, 3.5–6 mm; sepals lanceolate, 2.2–3.5 mm; wings ovate to suborbiculate, 3.5–5.5 × 2.4–4 mm, sparsely pubescent; keel 4–5.7 mm, pubescent.” (Webref: 38).
Fruit: “Seeds 4–4.5 mm; aril 0.6–1 mm, lobes vestigial or to 1/4 length of seed.” (Webref: 38).

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow , Purple
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Sep , Oct
Bloom Notes: "Phenology: Flowering spring–late fall.” (Webref: 38).

Distribution

USA: AZ , NM , TX
Native Distribution: Texas to Arizona and Mexico.
Native Habitat: “Habitat: Gravelly or rocky soils, mostly limestone, or igneous or gypsum, arid or semi-arid scrub, open woodlands, chaparral. Elevation: 400–2400(–2800) m.” (Webref: 38).

Web 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 Hebecarpa barbeyana in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Hebecarpa barbeyana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Hebecarpa barbeyana