favicon
Wildflower Identification Website
Search for wildflowers by location, color, shape and time
Click here for Instructions
Login
Link Copied to the Clipboard
guayacan
Guaiacum angustifolium
Guaiacum angustifolium
guayacan Caltrop Family
Guaiacum angustifolium Zygophyllaceae
--more--
common names
  guayacan
  soapbush
  Texas lignum-vitae
  huayacán
accepted scientific name
  •Guaiacum angustifolium Engelm.
rules for finding collection records
  Guaiacum angustifolium (2138)
  Guajacum angustifolium (21)
  Porlieria angustifolia (215)
family name
  • Zygophyllaceae
Image Author: ©2014 Wynn Anderson
Image License: CC BY-NC-SA
Image Source Image Source

Category: Shrubs, Broadleaf Trees
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is 0.5 to 0.8 inches
Leaf: Opposite, Compound
Plant Observed All Year

Plant Showiness (54%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Brush
Desert
Disturbed
Rocky
Riparian
Grassland
Forest
Native Plant Status
native status map native status map native status map
native Native
native Not Present