United States, Texas, Cameron, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Unit 2, N side of Impoundment 2, ca. 100 m. N of its intersection with road.
Deep low scrub. Bugg-gray silt. Celtis spin. complex. Shrub, 55 cm. Somewhate umbellate, densely branched at top. Bark gray - tan with greenish vertical markings. Leaves have soap-like odor when crushed. Green floral bracts, white stamens.