Hoary Bowlesia Bowlesia incana
Other Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Bowlesia incana Ruiz & Pavón
- Phonetic Spelling
- bow-lee-see-uh in-KAY-nah
- Description
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Hoary Bowlesia (or Hairy Bowlesia) is a native weed of the western U.S. where it is spreading rapidly in southern and southeastern turf and landscapes. It has also been found in some container nurseries. This plant is a low growing, winter annual that produces pale green clumps or mats in the spring and reaches 1-3 feet tall. Young plants strongly resemble hairy buttercup with palmately lobed leaves.
No control information is available. Other members of this family have shown tolerance to some herbicides.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Bowlesia
- Species:
- incana
- Family:
- Apiaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- SW., S. Central U.S.A. to N. Mexico, S. Brazil, S. South America
- Distribution:
- AL , AZ , CA , FL , LA , MS , NM , NV , OK , OR, TX
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Annual
- Weed
- Habit/Form:
- Horizontal
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- High
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Schizocarp
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Seed pods are small and in the axils of the leaves.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Green
- Purple/Lavender
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
- Umbel
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Winter
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- The flowers are tiny/ inconspicuous, have 5 petals, and are borne in the leaf axils.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Lanceolate
- Obtuse
- Leaf Margin:
- Lobed
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
- Leaf Description:
- The leaves are bright green, opposite, covered in stellate hairs, broader than they are long, rounded to kidney-shaped, and palmately lobed with 5 to 9 main lobes.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Hairy (pubescent)
- Stem Description:
- The stems are hairy, weak, slender, and trailing.
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Landscape:
- Problems:
- Weedy
