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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Leucophyllum candidum
|accepted_authority=I. M. Johnston
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|place=22: 120. 1941
|year=1941
}}
|common_names=Brewster County barometer-bush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leucophyllum violaceum
|authority=Pennell
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Leucophyllum;Leucophyllum candidum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leucophyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leucophyllum candidum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 333
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>erect, not intricately branched, rounded, 3–10(–15) dm, not appearing thorny. <b>Young</b> stems irregularly canescent-tomentose, hairs conic to cylindric, dendritic, uneven in height. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or subopposite, sometimes opposite near stem apices; petiole 1–3(–6) mm; blade broadly obovate to obovate-orbiculate, reniform, or ovate, 6–10(–16) mm, base rounded to cuneate, veins not prominently raised abaxially, surfaces densely equally silvery gray-tomentose or irregularly canescent-tomentose, hairs conic to cylindric, dendritic, uneven in height. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–5(–6) mm; corolla dark to light violet-purple, campanulate, (10–)12–22(–25) mm, tube not notably narrowed. <b>2n</b> = 68.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Apr–)May–Sep.
|habitat=Limestone hills, canyons, steep slopes, gravelly slopes, flats, roadsides.
|elevation=600–1200 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;Zacatecas).
|discussion=<p><i>Leucophyllum candidum</i> is known in the flora area only from Brewster County.</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Leucophyllum candidum
|authority=I. M. Johnston
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Leucophyllum violaceum
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Apr–)May–Sep.
|habitat=Limestone hills, canyons, steep slopes, gravelly slopes, flats, roadsides.
|elevation=600–1200 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;Zacatecas).
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|publication year=1941
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_23.xml
|genus=Leucophyllum
|species=Leucophyllum candidum
}}<!--

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