Machaeranthera heterocarpa R.L.Hartm. & M.A.Lane

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Refugio Co.

• Locality

  drainageway leading to North St. Nicholas Lake, both sides of main N-S road on W arm of Welder Ranch, ca. 0.7 airmiles NE of center of North St. Nicholas Lake. Vidaurri Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 21 - 23 m. (69 - 75 ft.)

• Coordinates

  28.471, -97.2042

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Psikefis heterocarpa (Hartman & Lane) Morgan
pViachaeranthera heterocarpa Hartman & Lane]
REFUGIO CO.: local in immediate area, one
population of ca. 100 plants on tight daypan soils
mapped as Orelia fine sandy loam, in sparingly
vegetated low spot in +/- level coastal prairie underlain
by Lissie Formation (near contact with Beaumont
Formation), in scarcely perceptible drainageway leading
to North St Nicholas Lake, both sides of main N-S
road on W arm of Welder Ranch, ca. 0.7 airmiles NE
of center of North St Nicholas Lake, at N28°28.259',
W097°l2.250’. Vidaum Quadrangle. Elev. 70-75 ft
Tips of most individuals browsed, presumably by catde. Associates
include Chloris cf. verticillatus, Croton capitatus, Desmanthus virga-
tus, Echinocactus texensis, Eragrostis secundiflora, Gomphrena neal-
leyi, Helenium amarum, Iva annua, Lydum carolinianum, Neptunia
lutea, Opuntia lindheimeri, Panicum hians, Polygonum ramosis-
simum, Sida ciliaris, Spartina spartinae, Sporobolus pyramidatus,
Tridens congestus, ^llkommia texana, stunted Prosopis gjtandulosa.
W. R. Canr	#22343	13	October	2003
(with Clifford Carter and Wade Harrell)
03111937