Index / Search / Leucophyllum frutescens
§1 Plant
Leucophyllum frutescens (Berl.) I.M. Johnst.
vernacular Texas barometer bush — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Leucophyllum
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 32 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 32 counties across 1 state.
Texas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Cameron 48061
- Crockett 48105
- Duval 48131
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kenedy 48261
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- Lampasas 48281
- Live Oak 48297
- McMullen 48311
- Nueces 48355
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Starr 48427
- Tarrant 48439
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
- Zapata 48505
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEFR3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3172138 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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