Borrichia frutescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Silver Seaside Oxeye. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Salt and brackish marshes. Distribution: E. MD and e. VA south to s. FL, west to TX and Mexico (Gulf Coast to the Yucatan peninsula); Bahamas (Grand Bahama); Bermuda.
ID notes: This species often forms nearly pure, clonal stands of many hectares, conspicuous from the fleshy, gray-green leaves.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, F, Fl7, FNA21, G, Mex, RAB, S, SE1, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, Semple (1978); Buphthalmum frutescens Linnaeus — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Borrichia frutescens - FNA21
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Erect, bushy, colony-forming perennial of salt and brackish marshes, overwash flats, salt flats and disturbed tidal shores. | Stems profusely branched, succulent, usually densely gray-hairy. | Leaves opposite, spoon-shaped to lance-elliptic, to 3 in. long, succulent, occasionally toothed near the base, gray-green, hairy on both surfaces. | Daisy-like composite flowers (heads) held on stalks at ends of branches; heads about 2/3 in. wide, consisting of 12-30 short, yellow ray florets encircling a central disk of tiny, yellow tubular florets interspersed with spiny bracts. A series of small, green bracts surrounds the base of each head. | Fruit a somewhat flattened, triangular seed; many seeds are packed into the brown, spiny, burr-like remains of the flower head. | 1/2-5 ft. | Erect, bushy, colony-forming perennial of salt and brackish marshes, overwash flats, salt flats and disturbed tidal shores. | Stems profusely branched, succulent, usually densely gray-hairy. | Leaves opposite, spoon-shaped to lance-elliptic, to 3 in. long, succulent, occasionally toothed near the base, gray-green, hairy on both surfaces. | Daisy-like composite flowers (heads) held on stalks at ends of branches; heads about 2/3 in. wide, consisting of 12-30 short, yellow ray florets encircling a central disk of tiny, yellow tubular florets interspersed with spiny bracts. A series of small, green bracts surrounds the base of each head. | Fruit a somewhat flattened, triangular seed; many seeds are packed into the brown, spiny, burr-like remains of the flower head. |
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