Native Plants
Carlowrightia torreyana
Carlowrightia torreyana Wassh.
Torrey's Wrightwort
Acanthaceae (Acanthus Family)
USDA Symbol: CATO13USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Carlowrightia torreyana
Carlowrightia
Acanthaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, TX.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Under Juniperus ashei & Diospyros texana. In shady, decomposed litter.
Description: Prostrate, persistant, woody stem to 1 m long, nude. New growth ascending to 30 cm, dichotomously branching. Leaves opposite, orbicular, entire, broadly acute apically, veination arcuate, 10x15 to 30x32 mm. Petiole 5-18 mm. Infloresence axillary raceme 10 cm long, bracteate, sepals-5, petals white. Fruit a beaked, 6 mm capsule, stiped. Seed-4, circular, black, flat.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Aug. 30, 1993
Specimen number: 022
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0497
Accession Date: Jan. 25, 1994
Accession Number: 38
Annotations: SCFXB.