Stiff greenthread, Greenthread
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: THFI
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data
Thelesperma filifolium
Green Threads
Asteraceae
Location:
5596 Hollyhock Road, San Antonio, Texas.
Latitude:
0.000000
Habitat:
Dry calcerous soil, in full sun.
Description:
Usually an annual. Erect, bushy,much branched; to 60 cm tall. Leaves 1-3 pinnately divided into oblanceolate to linear lobes. The showy flower heads are 4 cm wide with 8 yellow rays and numerous brownish disk flowers.
County:
Bexar
Collector:
Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date:
Apr 3, 1994
Specimen number:
305
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1050
Accession Date: Aug 6, 1995
Accession Number: 85
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)
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