Condalia ericoides
Brittonia 14: 364. 1962.
Common names: Javelina bush
Basionym: Microrhamnus ericoides A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 34. 1852
Shrubs, 0.3–1 (–1.3) m; primary branches thorn-tipped, secondary branches thorn-tipped, with short-shoots and some tertiary thorns, glabrous; internodes 1–2 (–4) mm. Leaves: petiole 0–0.1 mm; blade linear, 2–13 × 1 mm, coriaceous, margins entire, appearing revolute, apex short-acute, surfaces glabrous; venation not evident. Inflorescences on short-shoots, 1–6-flowered. Pedicels 1–2.5 mm. Flowers: petals 5, yellow. Drupes ellipsoid-globose to ellipsoid-fusiform, 7–12 mm; stones 1 (–2) -seeded.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Sep.
Habitat: Sand hills, gypsum hills, eroded clay breaks, limestone talus slopes, ridge and mesa tops, rocky flats, dry streambeds, shrublands, grasslands, pastures, roadsides, roadcuts.
Elevation: 400–1600 m.
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Zacatecas)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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dehiscing +
revolute +
veined +
not gland-dotted +
coriaceous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
Javelina bush +
bisexual +
loculicidal +
Sand hills, gypsum hills, eroded clay breaks, limestone talus slopes, ridge and mesa tops, rocky flats, dry streambeds, shrublands, grasslands, pastures, roadsides, roadcuts. +
hemispheric +
1mm;1.5mm +
1-6-flowered +
fascicles +
axillary +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
deciduous +
not evident +
suppressed +
short-acute +
thickened +
intrastaminal +
absent +
thin +
(1-)2-4-locular +
2-locular +
basal +
superior +
anatropous +
absent +
not fleshy +
not fleshy +
opposite +
yellow +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
thorn-tipped +
Brittonia +
1962 +
thorn-tipped +
glabrous +
valvate +
distinct +
spreading +
keeled;deltate +
longitudinal +
1;4 +
absent +
1(-2)-seeded +
indehiscent +
connate +
glabrous +
Condalia ericoides +
Condalia +
species +
small +
woody +