Leucophyllum minus

A. Gray

in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 115. 1859.

Common names: Big Bend barometer-bush or silver-leaf
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 333.

Shrubs erect, intricately branched, compact, 2–8(–15) dm, often appearing thorny. Young stems densely and evenly silvery stellate, hairs closely and tightly appressed, overlapping, appearing stellate, actually compressed-dendritic with radii extending from multiple levels, typically with one series of radii at tip. Leaves alternate, crowded in axillary fascicles or on compressed lateral shoots; petiole (0.5–)1–3(–4) mm; blade oblanceolate or spatulate to obovate-orbiculate, (2–)3–10(–16) mm, base cuneate-attenuate, surfaces equally silvery gray, hairs stellate, closely and tightly appressed, overlapping. Flowers: calyx lobes linear to oblong-lanceolate, (2–)3–4.5 mm; corolla lavender to purple or blue, rarely white, campanulate, (12–)18–25 mm, abruptly ampliate distal to narrow tube. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Nov).
Habitat: Limestone ridges, slopes, and ledges, gravel, clayey, sandy hills, gravelly washes.
Elevation: 900–1700 m.

Distribution

N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila).

Discussion

In Texas, Leucophyllum minus is known from the Big Bend region westward through the Trans-Pecos.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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James Henrickson +  and Guy L. Nesom +
A. Gray +
Big Bend barometer-bush or silver-leaf +
N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua +  and Coahuila). +
900–1700 m. +
Limestone ridges, slopes, and ledges, gravel, clayey, sandy hills, gravelly washes. +
Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Nov). +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
Leucophyllum minus +
Leucophyllum +
species +