Gregg'S Saddlebush (Mortonia greggii)
Description
Shrubs to 2 m. Leaves: blade linear-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, 15-25 - 3-5 mm, length 5 times width, pliable, base tapering to petiole, margins often thickened, not revolute, apex obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences cymose panicles. Flowers: sepals narrowly triangular, 1 mm; petals oblong, 2 mm. Fruits 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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