Rio Grande Saddlebush (Mortonia scabrella)
Description
Shrubs to 2.5 m. Leaves: blade broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 5-6 - 4-5 mm, length 1.2-1.3 times width, rigid, base round, margins not thickened, revolute, apex round to broadly acute, surfaces scabridulous. Inflorescences cymose panicles. Flowers: sepals rounded-deltate, 1 mm; petals obovate-oblong, 2-2.5 mm. Fruits 3.5-4.5 mm.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Celastrales
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Family: Celastraceae
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Genus: Mortonia
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