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Condalia warnockii

Condalia viridis

Warnock's condalia, Warnock's snakewood

green snakewood
Habit Shrubs, 0.5–3 m; primary branches thorn-tipped, secondary branches thorn-tipped, with short shoots and occasionally a few tertiary thorns, hispidulous or densely short villous to velutinous; internodes 0.5–2(–3) mm. Shrubs, 0.7–4 m; primary branches not thorn-tipped, secondary branches thorn-tipped, with short shoots, sparsely hispidulous to nearly glabrous; internodes 1–2(–4) mm.
Leaves

petiole 0–2 mm;

blade yellowish to brownish olive or gray-green adaxially, spatulate, 3–7(–10) × 0.5–2.5(–5) mm, subcoriaceous, margins entire, not revolute, apex acute, surfaces hispidulous or densely short villous to velutinous, abaxial intervein surfaces microvesiculate, not appearing waxy;

venation raised and conspicuous abaxially.

petiole 3–10 mm;

blade pale green, obovate to elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblong, 5–8(–18) × 2.5–4(–10) mm, coriaceous, margins entire, not revolute, apex acute to rounded, truncate, or emarginate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely and minutely hispidulous;

venation closely reticulate, inconspicuous abaxially.
Inflorescences

on short shoots, mostly 1–2-flowered.

on short shoots, 1–3-flowered.
Pedicels

0.5–3 mm.

0.4–1 mm.
Flowers

sepals persistent in fruit;

petals 0.

petals 0.
Drupes

globose to fusiform-globose or depressed-globose, 4–6 mm;

stones 1–2-seeded.

globose to depressed-globose, 5–6 mm;

stones 1(–2)-seeded.

Condalia warnockii

Condalia viridis
Phenology Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Limestone hills, arroyos, flats, floodplain thickets, mesquite scrub, juniper and oak woodlands.
Elevation 300–800 m. (1000–2600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; n Mexico
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

In the flora area, Condalia viridis occurs from central to trans-Pecos Texas.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Internodes 1–2(–3) mm; leaf blades 1–2.5(–5) mm wide, length usually 2–2.5 times width.
var. warnockii
1. Internodes 0.5–1(–2.5) mm; leaf blades 0.5–1.5(–2) mm wide, length usually 2.5–3.5 times width.
var. kearneyana
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 63. FNA vol. 12, p. 64.
Parent taxa Rhamnaceae > Condalia Rhamnaceae > Condalia
Sibling taxa
C. correllii, C. ericoides, C. globosa, C. hookeri, C. spathulata, C. viridis
C. correllii, C. ericoides, C. globosa, C. hookeri, C. spathulata, C. warnockii
Subordinate taxa
C. warnockii var. kearneyana, C. warnockii var. warnockii
Name authority M. C. Johnston: Brittonia 14: 352. (1962) I. M. Johnston: J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 234. (1939)
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