Condalia warnockii

M. C. Johnston

Brittonia 14: 352. 1962.

Common names: Warnock's snakewood
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 63. Mentioned on page 62.

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. 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. Inflorescences on short-shoots, mostly 1–2-flowered. Pedicels 0.5–3 mm. Flowers: sepals persistent in fruit; petals 0. Drupes globose to fusiform-globose or depressed-globose, 4–6 mm; stones 1–2-seeded.

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., n Mexico

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Internodes 1–2(–3) mm; leaf blades 1–2.5(–5) mm wide, length usually 2–2.5 times width. Condalia warnockii 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. Condalia warnockii var. kearneyana
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perigynous +  and epigynous +
Guy L. Nesom +
M. C. Johnston +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
yellowish +  and brownish olive or gray-green +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
3[-5]-veined +  and pinnate +
spinulose +, spinose +, serrate +  and entire +
denticulate +, dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and serrulate +
spatulate +
subcoriaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Warnock's snakewood +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +  and n Mexico +
globose +  and fusiform-globose or depressed-globose +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
free +  and adnate +
hemispheric +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
deciduous +
conspicuous +  and raised +
intrastaminal +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
adnate +  and distinct +
4 +  and 5 +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
2-4-carpellate +
densely short-villous +  and velutinous +
yellowish +  and greenish +
persistent +
distinct +
keeled;deltate +
indehiscent +
densely short-villous +  and velutinous +
Condalia warnockii +
Condalia +
species +
unarmed +  and armed +
deciduous +  and evergreen +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and synoecious +