Central Texas Hedeoma taxa were apparently stimulated by the abundant fall rains in 2012. Since I knew that the 3 non-spring taxa — H. drummondii, H. reverchonii var. reverchonii, H. reverchonii var. serpyllifolia — were all present on the Shield Ranch in the western Travis County hill country, I requested and received permission to collect on October 8. Thanks to the sharp eyes and keen noses of Ranch Steward Terri Siegenthaler, her assistant Victoria Smith and my wife Sirpa I was able to collect all three for the TEX herbarium.
Identification was by scent, as was easily verified by all present; i.e.,
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H. drummondii |
H. drummondii |
H. reverchonii var. reverchonii |
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H. reverchonii var. reverchonii |
H. reverchonii var. serpyllifolia |
H. reverchonii var. serpyllifolia |
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H. drummondii |
H. drummondii |
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H. reverchonii var. reverchonii |
H. reverchonii var. reverchonii |
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H. reverchonii var. serpyllifolia |
H. reverchonii var. serpyllifolia |
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H. drummondii |
H. drummondii |
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H. reverchonii var. reverchonii |
H. reverchonii var. reverchonii |
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H. reverchonii var. serpyllifolia |
H. reverchonii var. serpyllifolia |
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