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Flowers Anthony Mendoza @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | | |
Origin: Native
General Description: Evergreen. An intricately-branched shrub with rigid knotty branches that arch upward. Leaves are leathery, dull green, ovate and with very short stems.
Identification notes: Shrubs of lower elevations with opposite, smooth margined, leathery, evergreen leaves; flowers on short axillary flower stems. Male and female flowers on separate plants, male in clusters, female solitary, female flowers with 5 sepals but no petals.
Height: 7 feet Width: Unavailable
Habitat Description: Dry slopes, outwash slopes and along arroyos in gravelly or rocky soils.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Riparian
Elevation: 1000 - 5000 feet
Color: Greenish-yellow Shape: Regular in round clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: Dec - Jul
Description: Small male and female flowers are on separate plants, males are in dense clusters, females are less than 1/2 inch wide and are usually solitary in leaf axils, with 5 grayish-green leafy sepals.
Leaf Color: Grayish-green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Smooth Attachment: Opposite Hairs: N
Description: Leathery, oblong to ovate to 1-1/2 inches long, ovate to oblong-elliptic, pointed to rounded at both ends, dull green, leathery, somewhat hairy.
Color: Yellowish-green Type: Capsule Description: Capsule is nut-like, oblong to ovoid and bears a single seed.
Bark Color: Gray to light brown Bark Texture (Mature): Smooth
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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