Field Guide/Shaggy Tuft

Shaggy Tuft(Stenandrium barbatum)
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Location
Habitat	rocky and clay riverbanks, limestone flats
Range	Texas and New Mexico south to northern Mexico
Flowers
Color	pink
Flowering	March to June
Notes	one of the first flowers to bloom in East Texas' spring period, flowers are short, brilliantly colored spikes about .5" (1.5 cm) wide, in the shape of a narrow tube connected to five lobes, with two darker upper lobes and three lighter lower lobes
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Leaves
Description	Narrow lanceolate, growing broader above the middle, covered in gray hairs
Width	1.5" (4 cm)
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