§1 Plant
Simsia calva (Engelm. & A. Gray) A. Gray
vernacular awnless bushsunflower — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Simsia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 68 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 68 counties across 1 state.
Texas view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Austin 48015
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Coleman 48083
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Coryell 48099
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dimmit 48127
- Duval 48131
- Edwards 48137
- Frio 48163
- Gillespie 48171
- Glasscock 48173
- Goliad 48175
- Hamilton 48193
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Howard 48227
- Irion 48235
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Jones 48253
- Karnes 48255
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Lampasas 48281
- Live Oak 48297
- Mason 48319
- Maverick 48323
- McCulloch 48307
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Mills 48333
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reagan 48383
- Real 48385
- Reeves 48389
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Schleicher 48413
- Scurry 48415
- Shackelford 48417
- Starr 48427
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
- Zapata 48505
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SICA7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5402144 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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