Common Names
Common Names in English:
Barometer Bush, Barometer-Bush, Cenizo, Green Cloud Texas Ranger, Purple Sage, Purple-Sage, Silverleaf, Texan Silver Leaf, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Ranger, Texas Sage, Texas Silverleaf
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub .
Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: magenta
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Landscaping
Care: Deer resistant.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,953 meters (0 to 6,407 feet).Mean = 480.810 meters (1,577.461 feet), Standard Deviation = 512.940 based on 43 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 18-24" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 8.6 • Maximum pH: 9.0
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Scrophulariales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Tribe:
Leucophylleae
()
- Genus:
Leucophyllum
()
- Specific epithet:
frutescens
- (Berl.) I.M. Johnston
- Botanical name: - Leucophyllum frutescens (Berl.) I.M. Johnston
- Specific epithet:
frutescens
- (Berl.) I.M. Johnston
- Genus:
Leucophyllum
(
- Tribe:
Leucophylleae
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Scrophulariales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Leucophyllum frutescens (Berl.) I. M. Johnston
- Leucophyllum frutescens Berl.
- Terania frutescens Berl.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Contr. Gray Herb. 70:89. 1924
Name verified on 06-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Mar-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leucophyllum
There are approximately 36 species in this genus:
L. alejandrae · L. altamiranii · L. ambiguum · L. candidum (Brewster County Barometerbush) · L. candidum 'Silver Cloud' (Cenizo) · L. candidum 'Thunder Cloud' (Cenizo) · L. coahuilense · L. flyrii · L. fructescens · L. frutenscens · L. frutescens (Barometer Bush) · L. frutescens 'Bertstar Dwarf' (Barometer Bush) · L. frutescens 'Compacta' (Cenizo) · L. frutescens 'Compactum' (Compact Texas Sage) · L. frutescens 'Green Cloud' (Barometer Bush) · L. frutescens f. albiflorum · L. frutescens f. albineum · L. griseum · L. hintoniorum · L. laevigatum (Cenizo) · L. laevigatum var. coahuilense · L. laevigatum var. griseum · L. langmaniae (Braue River Sage) · L. langmaniae 'Lynn' (Lynn's Legacy Texas Ranger) · L. langmaniae 'Rio Bravo'™ (Rio Bravo" Texas Ranger) · L. minus (Big Bend Barometerbush) · L. minus f. argenteum · L. palmeri · L. pringlei · L. pruinosum (Bubble Gum Sage) · L. revolutum · L. texanum · L. ultramonticola · L. virescens · L. zygophyllum (Cimmeron) · L. zygophyllum 'Cimarron' (Blue Ranger)
Bibliography
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2655965
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-33629
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 273370
- GRIN Nomen Number: 102296
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 33629
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSCR0X020
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LEFR3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 46986
