Flora

Borrichia frutescens

Sea ox-eye

Patch of sea ox-eye
Borrichia frutescens, or Sea ox-eye, is small shrub with large heads relative to their short, widely spaced yellow petals. They are common along the Texas coast – from beaches to brackish marshes – and bloom all year. Somewhat fleshy, oblong leaves attach directly to their woody stems.

References
Duncan, W. H., & Duncan, M. B. (1987). The Smithsonian guide to seaside plants of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Louisiana to Massachusetts, exclusive of lower peninsular Florida. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Richardson, A. (2013). Wildflowers and other plants of Texas beaches and islands. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.

Scott Clark

I'm a Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Crawford Lab at the University of Houston. My primary research interests are in plant invasion ecology, microbiome interactions and plant community assembly.

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