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Coursetia axillaris
Also called Baby Bonnets
Texas babybonnets is a thornless, shrubby legume from desert and dry scrub in Texas and eastern Mexico, reaching about 2.7 m tall. It is drought tolerant and suited to hot, dry sites with sharp drainage.
Coursetia axillaris, the Texas babybonnets, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to desert or dry scrubland areas of Texas and eastern Mexico. A thornless shrub reaching 9 ft (2.7 m) tall and 12 ft (3.7 m) wide, it is largely confined to the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coursetia axillaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
