Rhamnus smithii Greene

Smith's buckthorn (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Rhamnus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–3 m, unarmed. Branchlets greenish to brown, 5 cm, minutely puberulent, glabrescent. Bud scales pale golden to yellowish, thin, glossy. Leaves deciduous, usually alternate, rarely subopposite; petiole 3–6(–8) mm; blade green abaxially, glossy green or yellow-green adaxially, usually lanceolate, sometimes elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3–8 cm, herbaceous to subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins crenulate to serrulate, apex acute to obtuse or rounded, both surfaces glabrous; secondary veins 7–11 pairs, all diverging at nearly same angle. Inflorescences axillary fascicles or flowers solitary. Pedicels (0–)0.5–2.5 mm. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Drupes black, globose or slightly elongate, 4–6(–8) mm; stones 2.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Rhamnus smithii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:219072-2
WFO ID wfo-0001130943
COL ID 4S2BW
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Synonyms

Rhamnus smithii Ventia smithii Endotropis smithii