Rhus microphylla Engelm.

A shrub. It grows 1.8-3 m high and spreads 1.5-1.8 m wide. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are compound. They have up to 9 leaflets. The flowers are small and white. The fruit are small and orange-red.

Dry rocky hillsides or gravelly mesas; at elevations from 600-1,800 metres. Washes, canyons, and arroyos, and on mesas, desert flats, and foothills in semidesert grasslands and desert scrub.

The dried fruit are ground and the pulp mixed with water and sugar to make jam. They are also used for a drink.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.