Summary ⁵

Calia secundiflora is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico) and Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila south to Hidalgo, Puebla and Querétaro). Common names include Texas Mountain Laurel, Texas Mescalbean, Frijolito, and Frijolillo. It is an often-misunderstood plant, frequently confused with the Agave species used to make mezcal, as well as with Peyote (Lophophora williamsii), which contains mescaline.

Distribution ⁶

Mescalbean sophora grows from southeastern New Mexico to central and
western Texas and adjacent Mexico [15,16].

Sources and Credits

1. (c) 2009 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=300522&one=T
2. (c) Seelig, R. A., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10321316
3. (c) ryleemc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by ryleemc
4. (c) ericrobinson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophora_secundiflora
6. Adapted by wildbasincrc from a work by Public Domain, http://eol.org/data_objects/24250935

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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