Colubrina californica I.M.Johnst.

Las animas nakedwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Colubrina

Characteristics

Shrubs, erect, 1–2(–3, rarely to 8) m. Stems ± straight, intricately branched, white-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves deciduous, sometimes fascicled; petiole 1–4 mm; blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 1–2.5(–3.5) cm, coriaceous, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire or mucronulate to obscurely serrulate, teeth (0–)2–7 per side, apex rounded to truncate, both surfaces usually minutely hirtellous to sparsely pilose, abaxial sometimes strigose; pinnately veined, secondary veins 3–4(–5) pairs, ± straight. Inflorescences cymes or thyrses, 2–12-flowered, or flowers solitary; peduncles 1–2 mm; fruiting pedicels 2–4 mm. Capsules 7–9 mm.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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Images

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Distribution

Colubrina californica world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:63425-2
WFO ID wfo-0000615219
COL ID XBCM
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Colubrina californica Colubrina texensis var. californica