Canyon Mock Orange (Philadelphus texensis ernestii)
Description
Small-shrub-with loose-bark-on the main stems. Among boulders along streams. Rare and needing protection. Leaves narrowly-ovate,-up to 1 3/8 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, with smooth margins and 3 prominent veins on the upper surface, the lower surface covered withappressed-hairs visible under a l0x hand lens. Flowers white, showy, numerous along the branchlets, opening in April and May.-Fruit-acapsule-shaped like a top, 3/l6 inch long by 3/16 inch wide with 4 remnants of the-flower-projecting from the midpoint between the tip and the base.
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: Cornales
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Family: Hydrangeaceae
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Genus: Philadelphus
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