Dirca L.

Leatherwood (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae

Characteristics

Fls perfect; hypanthium narrowly funnelform, slightly constricted above the ovary, thence differentiated into a cylindric tube and slightly spreading limb, bearing 8 exsert stamens at the summit of the tube; sep minute; pet none; style slender, exsert, exceeding the stamens; fr a drupe; shrubs with jointed twigs and very tough bark, bearing lateral clusters of 2–4 small, subsessile, pale yellow fls subtended by hairy bud-scales in early spring before the lvs appear. 2, N. Amer.
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Shrubs, deciduous, to 3 m. Stems erect, branched, appearing jointed, woody, sericeous or or (3–)4-lobed; petals (absent in D. palustris), included, minute, forming ring at base of staminal filaments; stamens 8, exserted, inserted within calyx; style exserted, elongate; stigma punctiform. Fruits drupaceous, yellow, yellow-green, or green, fleshy, oil-rich, hypanthium not persistent.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Dirca unspecified picture

Distribution

Dirca world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39231-1
WFO ID wfo-4000012100
COL ID 46K8
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Synonyms

Dofia Dirca

Lower taxons

Dirca mexicana Dirca occidentalis Dirca decipiens Dirca palustris