Parkinsonia aculeata L.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Starr Co.

• Locality

  ca. 0.3 mi W of gate, ca. 7.2 airmiles N to NNW of jct. US Rt. 83 and R.M. 3187 (on W edge of Rio Grande City), E part of Las Estrellas Preserve. Rio Grande City North Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 82 m. (269 ft.)

• Coordinates

  26.4749, -98.8743

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Parkinsonia aculeata L.
STARR CO.: shrub to 3-4 m tall here; petals 5, yellow, the
uppermost with orange-red streaking mostly in basal half;
anthers orange-red when fresh; common in mixed vegetation
along shoreline Of stock tank (dry during drought) on soils
mapped as deep, droughty, calcareous, moderately alkaline,
highly saline clay Paleustollic Torrerts (Catarina Series), on
minor drainageway on gently rolling landscape underlain by
Miocene mudstones and claystones of the Catahoula and
Frio formation (undivided), ca. 0.3 mi W of gate, ca. 7.2
airmiles N to NNW of jet. US Rt. 83 and R. M. 3187 (on W
edge of Rio Grande City), E part of Las Estrellas Preserve,
at N26°28’29.6”, W098°52’27.3”. Rio Grande City North
Quadrangle. Elev. 270 ft.
Associates included Polygonum hispidum, Salix sp., Typha sp.
W. R. Carr
#29400
1 April 2011
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