Flora of North America species comparison

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Ziziphus parryi

California crucillo, lotebush, Parry's jujube, Parry's jujube or abrojo
Habit Shrubs, 1–4 m; secondary branches pale greenish yellow to purplish, not pruinose, glabrous, thorn-tipped, axillary thorns solitary, with 0–1 nodes, without tertiary thorns, stipular spines absent.
Leaves

deciduous, alternate, sometimes fascicled;

blades olive green, elliptic to obovate, 1–2.5(–3) cm, herbaceous, base obtuse to rounded, margins entire, apex rounded to cuneate or shallowly emarginate, surfaces glabrous; 1-veined.
Inflorescences

usually fascicles, 2–5-flowered, rarely flowers solitary.
Flowers

hypanthium and sepals purplish to greenish;

petals white.
Drupes

brownish to orange or purplish brown, ovoid to ellipsoid, 10–20(–25) mm.

Ziziphus parryi
Phenology Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May.
Habitat Chaparral, pinyon-juniper woodlands, rocky washes and arroyos, hill slopes.
Elevation 600–1000(–1600) m. (2000–3300(–5200) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Ziziphus parryi is known in the flora area only from Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties, but the distribution continues southward in Baja California as far as Cedros Island. Small-leaved plants from southern Baja California have been identified as Z. parryi var. microphylla, but similar variants occur sporadically into California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 72.
Parent taxa Rhamnaceae > Ziziphus
Sibling taxa
Z. celata, Z. divaricata, Z. jujuba, Z. mauritiana, Z. obtusifolia
Synonyms Condalia parryi, Condalia parryi var. microphylla, Condaliopsis parryi, Z. parryi var. microphylla
Name authority Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 46. (1859) — (as Zizyphus)
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