Atamisquea emarginata |
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palo-zorillo, vomitbush |
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Habit | Shrubs or multi-trunked trees, 1–8 m. Stems branched at right angles, ± terete; branchlets with lepidote scales. |
Leaves | petiole 1–1.2 mm; blade 1–3(–5) × 0.2–0.6 cm, base rounded, apex shallowly emarginate to rounded, abaxial surface densely lepidote, adaxial surface smooth. |
Inflorescences | terminating spur shoots, 1–3 cm, lepidote. |
Pedicels | 3–4 mm. |
Flowers | sepals (reflexed at anthesis), ovate, proximal pair 0.8–1.5 mm, distal pair 3–3.5 × 2.5 mm, abaxially lepidote, adaxially tomentose, hairs simple; petals white, oblong, 3–6.5 × 2–3 mm; staminodia 0–3; gynophore 3–8 mm. |
Capsules | 8–11 × 5–6 mm, dehiscing into 2–4 segments, constricted between seeds, mesocarp red. |
Seeds | 3.8–5 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
Atamisquea emarginata |
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Phenology | Flowering early summer. |
Habitat | Desert scrub, arroyos or flats |
Elevation | 50-200 m (200-700 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora); South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 196. |
Parent taxa | Capparaceae > Atamisquea |
Synonyms | Capparis atamisquea |
Name authority | Miers ex Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Misc. 3: 143. (1833) |
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