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| Scientific Name | Amsonia ciliata | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Texas Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Apocynaceae (Dogbane) | Wildflower Center Ref. | Click Here |
| Description | Habitat: Limey soils in open slopes and prairies in the Hill Country and North Texas. Plant: Erect perennial 15 to 24 inches tall. Leaves: Very narrow, smooth, soft leaves borne singly, but very close together all the way up to the flower cluster. Inflorescence: Pale blue flowers with a narrow 1/2-inch long tube opening into 5 petal-like lobes in a star shape l/2-inch across with a ring of white at the center. Bloom Period: March and April. References: www.wildflower.org and "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Amsonia longiflora | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Tubular Bluestar | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Apocynaceae (Dogbane) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Limey soils in open areas and clay soils; washes, ravines, slopes of the Trans-Pecos and Central Texas. Plant: Erect perennial 8 to 24 inches tall, multiple smooth stems from woody base. Leaves: Alternate, smooth, linear-lanceolate to filiform, 3/4 to 2 inches long. Inflorescence: Pale blue, rarely white, flowers about one inch across in terminal clusters with a narrow long tube 1 to 1-1/2 inches long opening into 5 petal-like lobes in a star shape; slender corolla tube is constricted at its opening. Bloom Period: March to May. References: Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas, and "Manual of Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Amsonia palmeri | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Palmer's Bluestar | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Apocynaceae (Dogbane) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy or rocky soils in open areas the Trans-Pecos region. Plant: Erect perennial 12 to 32 inches tall, multiple smooth to pubescent (covered with small hairs) stems from woody base. Leaves: Alternate, narrowly oblong-lanceloate to linear-lanceolate up to 2-3/4 inches long; lower leaves broader. Inflorescence: Congested terminal cluster of small, very pale blue to white flowers from 1/4 to 1/2-inch across inch across; corolla tube (below lobes) 3/8 to almost 3/4-inch long opening into 5 lobes with small hairs on edges arranged in a star shape. Corolla tube is swollen in the middle and constricted at its opening. Bloom Period: March to May. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and SEINet. |
BONAP Distribution Map
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Texas Status: Native |
