Chamaesaracha coniodes

(Gray Five-eyes)

_DSC1056%20copy

Chamaesaracha coniodes, Picture Canyon, Comanche National Grassland, Baca Co. 9689

_DSC1056%20copy

Chamaesaracha coniodes, Picture Canyon, Comanche National Grassland, Baca Co. 9687

_DSC1056%20copy

Chamaesaracha coniodes, Picture Canyon, Comanche National Grassland, Baca Co. 9695

Scientific Name Chamaesaracha coniodes (Chamaesaracha texensis) USDA PLANTS Symbol CHCO
Common Name Gray Five-eyes, Gray False Nightshade ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 30506
Family Solanaceae (Nightshade) SEINet
Reference
Click Here
Description Habitat: Plains (3500 to 5800 ft.); drier sandy or gravelly soils in prairies, roadsides, other disturbed locations.
Plant: Sprawling, somewhat erect perennial, extensively branched from base with hairy stems 4 to 12 inches long; foliage covered with simple and sticky, glandular hairs.
Leaves: Dark green, alternate, lanceolate in outline 3/4 to 2-3/8 inches long with rounded lobes along edges; tapering at the base into a short winged petiole.
Inflorescence: Single or two small, star-shaped pale white or light-yellow flowers on slender pedicels arising from leaf axils; flowers 3/8 to 5/8-inch across with five lobes and a dark yellow patch in the center; lobes may be light brown- or purple-tinged; 5 stamens.
Bloom Period: May to September.
References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, SEINet and American Southwest.
Note: The name is often misspelled a C. conoides. Also, C. texensis is not a recognized synonym except by Biota of North America (BONAP).
BONAP Distribution Map


C. texensis

Map Color Key
Colorado Status:
Native

© Tom Lebsack 2024

Banner photo: Castilleja rhexifolia and a brewing storm over the San Juan Mountains