Rio Grande Saddlebush (Mortonia sempervirens)
Description
Shrubs 0.6-1.5 m. Leaves: blade oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, 3-5 - 1.5-2 mm, length 2-2.5 times width, rigid, base rounded, margins not thickened, revolute, apex narrowly obtuse to acute, mucronate, surfaces usually scabridulous, rarely glabrous. Inflorescences cymose racemes. Flowers: sepals deltate, 1 mm; petals oblong, 2 mm. Fruits 5-6 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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