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Canotia holacantha

crucifixion-thorn
Habit Shrubs or trees 2–5(–10) m. Stems many-branched, virgate, principal branches ascending, pale green.
Flowers

sepals 2–4 mm;

petals oblong, 4–5 × 2 mm;

stamens 5, filaments as long as petals;

styles united into beak.
Capsules

narrowly obovoid, 21–27 × 6–10 mm (including beak), opening from apex to middle.
Seeds

basally compressed.
2n

= 30.

Canotia holacantha
Phenology Flowering spring to fall; fruiting late summer–winter, fruit persisting into spring.
Habitat Open roadsides, deserts.
Elevation 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Sonora)
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Discussion

Canotia holacantha has been reported from Utah (J. R. Hastings et al. 1972; M. C. Johnston 1975), but was not included in A Utah Flora (S. L. Welsh et al. 1993, 2003); no corroborating specimens have been located.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 119.
Parent taxa Celastraceae > Canotia
Name authority Torrey ex A. Gray: in J. C. Ives, Rep. Colorado R. 4: 15. (1861)
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