College: cultivated; honey yield good; bees working busily on it
during June. Old stalks die down in July and large lower leaves
protect root stock during severe drouth and sprout out for bees to
work on bloom in August. June, July.*
MORNING GLORY. Ipomoea Caroliniana Pursh.
Convolvulus family. Convolvulaceae.
Most common in cultivated fields. Honey yield light, pollen. June to
November.*
NIGHT-SHADE. Solanum rostratum Dunal.
Night-shade family. Solanaceae.
"Plains throughout Texas." (Coulter). Hunter: waste lands, prairies
and roadsides. Honey very little; some pollen. May, October.*
TRUMPET CREEPER. TRUMPET FLOWER. Campsis radicans (L) Seem.
Bigonia family. Bignoniaceae.
"Moist soil, extending from Atlantic and Gulf States into Texas and
common in cultivation." (Coulter). Cultivated and along river bottoms:
honey yield of little importance; external nectar glands; pollen from
flowers. July to October.*
LARGE-FLOWERED VERBENA. Verbena urticaefolia L.
Vervain family. Verbenaceae.
"Waste or open grounds, extending from the Atlantic regions through
Texas to tropical America." (Coulter). College Station: in waste open
ground. April, August.*
BLUE VERVAIN. Verbena xutha Lehm.
Vervain family. Verbenaceae.
"Extending from Louisiana through Texas to Southern California and
Mexico." (Coulter). College: in sandy soils, honey yield sparing and
scattering throughout its season. April, August.*
SPATULATE-LEAFED FOG-FRUIT. Lippia nodiflora Michx.
Vervain family. Verbenaceae.
"Low ground extending from the Gulf States to Western Texas."
(Coulter). In moist places, rivers and creeks; honey yield very light
and of little importance. July.*
WHITE BRUSH. Lippia ligustrina Britt.
Vervain family. Verbenaceae.
"Common on rocky slopes throughout Texas." (Coulter). "Foliage eaten
by cattle, sheep and goats." (Harvard). All over Southwest Texas;
honey yield very heavy of fine quality but very short duration, only a
few days; blooms after each rain during season. May to November.*
LANTANA. Lantana Camara L.
Vervain family. Verbenaceae.
"Extending from the Gulf States through Southeastern Texas to
tropical America." (Coulter). On light soils of Southwest Texas;
unimportant; bees seldom on it. April, October.*
FRENCH MULBERRY. Callicarpa Americana L.
Vervain family. Verbenaceae.
"Rich or moist grounds, extending from Gulf States to Southern
Texas." (Coulter). Brazos bottoms, College; rich soil in woods,
abundant: honey yield only fair. May.*
ROEMER'S SAGE. Salvia Roemeriana Scheele.
Mint family. Labiatae.
"In light fertile soils, Western Texas." (Coulter). Hunter: rich
soils in forests. Unimportant as a honey plant; not abundant; deep
corollas. May, June.*
BLUE SAGE. Salvia azurea Lam.
Mint family. Labiatae.
"From Gulf States to extreme Western Texas." (Coulter). Hunter: dry
soil and waste places; corolla deep and visited much more frequently
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