Index / Search / Hymenoclea monogyra
§1 Plant
Hymenoclea monogyra Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular singlewhorl burrobrush — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Hymenoclea
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 26 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 27 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 207 min.
- Precipitation
- 4–80 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.1–7.9
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 8 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 26 counties across 4 states/territories.
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HYMO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3110726 ↗Record version
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