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Sclerocarpus uniserialis
Mexican bonebract is a herbaceous plant in the daisy family, usually an annual but sometimes perennial or sub-woody, growing up to about 2 m tall. Its distinctive feature is hardened bracts that enclose each seed, forming bony fruit structures.
Sclerocarpus uniserialis, commonly known as Mexican bonebract, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Sclerocarpus uniserialis occurs in Texas in the US, south through Mexico into Belize and Guatemala. The iNaturalist map documenting observations by citizen scientists indicates that in Mexico it is absent from the northwestern parts, including Baja California.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sclerocarpus uniserialis 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.
