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Mortonia scabrella

Rio Grande saddlebush, rough mortonia
Habit Shrubs to 2.5 m. Leaves: blade broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 5–6 × 4–5 mm, length 1.2–1.3 times width, rigid, base round, margins not thickened, revolute, apex round to broadly acute, surfaces scabridulous.
Inflorescences

cymose panicles.
Flowers

sepals rounded-deltate, 1 mm;

petals obovate-oblong, 2–2.5 mm.
Fruits

3.5–4.5 mm.

Mortonia scabrella
Phenology Flowering spring and fall; fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat Rocky slopes, hillsides, dry plains, ridges, ledges, rimrock.
Elevation 300–1700 m. (1000–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Discussion

In the flora area, Mortonia scabrella occurs from trans-Pecos Texas to southeastern Arizona.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 129.
Parent taxa Celastraceae > Mortonia
Sibling taxa
M. greggii, M. sempervirens, M. utahensis
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 28. (1853)
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