Hoffmanseggia glauca Eifert:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert:
Chile (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
United States (North America)
Argentina (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Caesalpinia chicamana Killip & J.F. Macbr.:
Peru (South America)

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Hoffmannseggia stricta Benth.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

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Hoffmannseggia falcaria Cav.:
Argentina (South America)

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Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

Global Range: From s. Texas to w. Kansas, west to s. California; Mexico, South America.

Perennial, Herbs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Plants with rhizomes or suckers, Taproot present, Tubers or tuberous roots present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems less than 1 m tall, Plants gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid t o villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence leaf-opposed, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx gland-dotted or with glandular spot, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Petals clawed, Petals orange or yellow, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments hairy, villous, Filaments pink or red, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit or valves persistent on stem, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Fruit 2-seede d, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

Type fragment for Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth. ex A. Gray
Catalog Number: US 73604
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. Wright
Year Collected: 1849
Locality: Valley of the Pecos., New Mexico / Texas, United States, North America

Isotype for Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. capitata Fisher
Catalog Number: US 942374
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. G. Pringle
Year Collected: 1881
Locality: Arizona, United States, North America

Isotype for Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. pringlei Fisher
Catalog Number: US 942375
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. G. Pringle
Year Collected: 1881
Locality: Arizona, United States, North America

Holotype for Caesalpinia chicamana Killip & J.F. Macbr.
Catalog Number: US 1802280
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): B. Smyth
Year Collected: 1935
Locality: Chicama Valley., La Libertad, Peru, South America

Type fragment for Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ort.) Eifert
Catalog Number: US 46806
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. Palmer
Year Collected: 1887
Locality: Los Angeles Bay., Baja California Norte, Mexico, North America

Comments: Grazed or disturbed desert scrub, grassland; tolerant of a wide range of soil types, (Isely, 1975).

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


No available public DNA sequences.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: Widespread and abundant.