Cynoglossum creticum Mill.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Burnet Co.

• Locality

  at S end of Johnston property (Oak Valley Ranch) just N of R.M. 963 ca. 2.0 roadmiles W of jct. R.M. 2657 at Oakalla

• Elevation

  Alt. 251 - 253 m. (823 - 830 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.9737, -97.9466

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

W. R. Carr
#34847
20 May 2015
FLORA OF TEXAS
The University of Texas Herbarium (LL, TEX)
Cynaglossum creticum Mill.
BORAGINACEAE
BURNET CO.: biennial represented (at this season) mostly
by second-year plants in late flower and early fruit; basal
leaves withered; stems usually branched at base, mostly ca.
2 ft. tall; corolla +/- campanulate, ca. 1 cm wide at apex, 5-
lobed, the lobes pale blue to white, sometimes with darker
veins; common in shade of mostly deciduous woodland
dominated by Ulmus crassifolia, on valley flat along
nameless wet-weather drainageway between gentle slopes
underlain by Upper Glen Rose Limestone, on soils mapped
as deep, well drained, moderately alkaline clay loam
(Lewisville Series, Typic Calciustolls), at S end of Johnston
property (Oak Valley Ranch) just N of R. M. 963 ca. 2.0
roadmiles W of jet. R. M. 2657 at Oakalla, at N30°58’25.3’\
W097°56’47.8”. Elev. 825-830 ft.
Also present but less common in live oak savanna on drier open sites on shallow
soils elsewhere on ranch. Associates in cedar elm bottom included Elymus
virginicus, Juniperus ashei < 2 m tall, Lolium perenne, Ruellia nudiflora, Smilax
bona-nox, Vemonia baldwinii.
03767359