United States, Texas, Trinity, W side of Fire Tower Rd. ca. 0.3-0.4 mi. S of Muddy Flat Rd., ca. 6.7 airmiles E of jct. F. M. 355 and F. M. 356. Brushy Creek RCW Management Area (Champion International). Chita Quadrangle.
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Common in fire-maintained pine-post oak savanna with dense little bluestem ground layer and no shrub layer, somewhat dry sandy ridgetop underlain by Catahoula Formation. Herbaceous associates include Andropogon virginicus, Aristolochia reticulata, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia leucophaea, Berlandiera pumila, Cacalia lanceolata, Carex complanata, Chamaescrista fasciculata, Cnidoscolus texanus, Crotalaria sagittalis, Cyperus croceus, Dichanthelium angustifolium, D. scoparium, Echinacea angustifolia, Eragrostis secundiflora, Eryngium yuccifolium, Eupatorium compositifolium, Helianthemum georgianum, Hymenopappus artemisiifolius, Lechea tenuifolia, Matelea cynanchoides, Oenothera linifolia, Paspalum plicatulum, Penstemon laxiflorus, Phlox pilosa ssp. pulcherrima, Polygala mariana, Polypremum procumbens, Pteridium aquilinum, Rhynchosia latifolia, R. reniformis, Rudbeckia hirta, Scleria ciliata, Solidago odora, Stillingia sylvatica, Stylosanthes biflora, Tephrosia onobrychoides, T. virginiana.