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Tetradymia canescens (spineless horsebrush)

Synonyms: Tetradymia canescens var. canescens; Tetradymia canescens var. inermis; Tetradymia inermis

Wikipedia Abstract

Tetradymia argyraea is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names spineless horsebrush and gray horsebrush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in sagebrush, woodlands, forest, scrubby open plains, and other habitat. It is a bushy shrub growing to 60 to 80 centimeters in maximum height with multibranched woody or semi-woody stems that grow from taproots. It is coated in woolly fibers with hairless strips at intervals along the branches. It has no spines. The lance-shaped leaves are no more than 4 centimeters long and woolly or silver-haired in texture. Longer-lived leaves are alternately arranged along the stem and smaller, shorter-lived leaves occur in clusters near the axils of the primary
View Wikipedia Record: Tetradymia canescens

Infraspecies

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  High
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Frost Free Days [1]  6 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Fall
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Winter
Growth Form [1]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [1]  Slow
Hazards [1]  Severe Toxicity
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [1]  6 inches (15 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [1]  Low
Seeds Per [1]  120000 / lb (264554 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  White-Gray
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Height [1]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

Predators

Phenacoccus multisetosus (multiple-setae mealybug)[3]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0