Strombocarpa cinerascens A. Gray. Common name: Tornillo, Screwbean. Phenology: Apr-Oct. Habitat: Beaches, dunes, thornscrub. Distribution: S. and e. TX south into ne. Mexico (NLE, SLP, TAM).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Sometimes considered only varietally distinct from S. reptans (Bentham) A. Gray, native of Argentina.
Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, Hughes et al (2022a); = Prosopis cinerascens (A.Gray) Benth. — Isely (1998); = Prosopis reptans Benth. var. cinerascens (A.Gray) Burkart — FNA11.1, K4, NS, Tx, Burkart (1976); = Strombocarpa cinerescens A.Gray — S13, misspelling; < Prosopis reptans Benth. — Mex. Basionym: Strombocarpa cinerascens A.Gray 1852
Links to other floras: = Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens - FNA11.1
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