<p>BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 1 of 9 Summary of Plants learned in this lab:</p><p>Family Genus Species ANACARDIACEAE Rhus virens</p><p>AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex decidua</p><p>AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex vomitoria</p><p>ASTERACEAE Liatris mucronata</p><p>ASTERACEAE Melampodium leucanthum</p><p>BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium tenellum</p><p>FAGACEAE Quercus buckleyi</p><p>GENTIANACEAE Centaurium texense</p><p>LAMIACEAE Hedeoma drummondii</p><p>NOLINACEAE Nolina lindheimeriana</p><p>NOLINACEAE Nolina texana</p><p>ORCHIDACEAE Spiranthes lacera</p><p>PASSIFLORACEAE Passiflora tenuiloba</p><p>PRIMULACEAE Samolus ebracteatus</p><p>POACEAE Bouteloua hirsuta</p><p>RUTACEAE Thamnosma texana</p><p>* not native to Texas BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 2 of 9 ANACARDIACEAE Rhus virens Evergreen Sumac, Tobacco Sumac</p><p> virens = “green” shrub or small tree to 3m or more tall leaf arrangement? leaf surface?</p><p>ASTERACEAE Melampodium leucanthum Black-foot Daisy, Rock Daisy leucanthum = “white-flowered”</p><p>This plant gets its common name from the way the old stigma looks on the ray flowers (don’t look at me, I didn’t name it). leaves are sessile leaf shape? BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 3 of 9 BORAGINACEAE (Forget-Me-Not family) Heliotropium tenellum Pasture Heliotrope</p><p> corollas funnelform tenellum = “tender, soft” leaf shape? how many petals?</p><p>PASSIFLORACEAE Passiflora tenuiloba Spread-lobe Passion-flower, Bird-wing Passion-flower tenuiloba = “with narrow, slender lobes” growth habit? leaves are sessile</p><p>This plant may have ocelli (small, yellowish dots that apparently act as egg mimics).</p><p>The leaves of this plant are believed to have evolved this shape to copy the shape of the leaves on Berberis trifoliolata as a way to trick moths (your TA will explain further). BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 4 of 9 FAGACEAE (Oak or Beech family) Quercus buckleyi Texas Red Oak, Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Rock Oak named for Samuel Buckley (1809-1884) state geologist and plant collector</p><p>How would you describe this plant’s leaves?</p><p> typical bark</p><p>Do you remember what type of fruit an acorn is? ______</p><p>POACEAE Bouteloua hirsuta Hairy Grama hirsuta = “hairy” inflorescence branches usually 1-4 per main axis, usually 2.3-4cm long BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 5 of 9 RUTACEAE Thamnosma texana Dutchman’s Breeches, Texas Desert-rue</p><p> fruit a leathery, 2-lobed capsule; the two lobes resembling the inflated legs of a dutchman’s breeches</p><p> leaves aromatic (like many plants in the Rutaceae family)</p><p>ASTERACEAE Liatris mucronata Narrow-leaf Gayfeather mucronata = “mucronate, pointed” inflorescences spike-like, the heads densely-crowded</p><p> leaf shape?</p><p> leaf arrangement? BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 6 of 9 AQUIFOLIACEAE (Holly family) Ilex decidua Deciduous Holly, Possumhaw, Winterberry</p><p> decidua = “deciduous”</p><p> persistent red or orange fruits are often conspicuous during winter months</p><p> shrub</p><p> leaf shape?</p><p> fruits poisonous </p><p>Which leaf goes with I. decidua and which with I. vomitoria??</p><p>AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex vomitoria Yaupon Holly, Indian Blackdrink, Emetic Holly vomitoria = “emetic”</p><p>The leaves contain caffeine and were used by Native Americans to make a ceremonial drink called “black drink”. During religious festivals they drank large amounts during purging ceremonies.</p><p> leaf shape? BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 7 of 9 PRIMULACEAE (Primrose family) Samolus ebracteatus Limerock Brookweed ebracteatus = “without bracts”</p><p> leaf shape?</p><p> basal rosette of leaves</p><p>ORCHIDACEAE (Orchid family) Spiranthes lacera Slender Ladies’-tresses, Green-lip Ladies’-tresses lacera = “torn” leaves all basal, not always persisting until flowering</p><p> flowers in spiral row; lip white-marked with broad, green or yellowish-green stripe in center BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 8 of 9 NOLINACEAE Nolina texana Sacahuista, Bunch-grass leaves narrow, elongate, almost rounded-triangular in cross-section leaf margins smooth or with distant teeth</p><p> flower stalks 30-60cm tall (seen in spring)</p><p> flowers are poisonous and potentially fatal to livestock</p><p>NOLINACEAE Nolina lindheimeriana Devil’s Shoestring, Lindheimer’s Nolina leaves narrow, elongate, flat with smooth surface and serrulate margins flower stalks 60-180cm tall (seen in spring) margin teeth directed forward, be careful ! there is a reason why it’s called Devil’s Shoestring</p><p>Which stem cross- section matches with N. lindheimeriana and which with N. texana?? BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 9 of 9 LAMIACEAE Hedeoma drummondii Drummond’s Hedeoma, Drummond’s False Pennyroyal</p><p> leaf shape?</p><p>GENTIANACEAE (Gentian family) Centaurium texense Texas Centaury, Lady Bird’s Centaury Common name is for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (Lady Bird), who made a special effort to collect seeds of this species and plant them along her ranch’s airfield runway.</p><p> leaf arrangement? leaf shape?</p>