View source for Shepherdia rotundifolia

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|accepted_name=Shepherdia rotundifolia
|accepted_authority=Parry
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Naturalist
|place=9: 350. 1875
|year=1875
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|common_names=Roundleaf buffaloberry;silver-scale
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Elaeagnus rotundifolia
|authority=(Parry) A. Nelson
|rank=species
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|name=Lepargyrea rotundifolia
|authority=(Parry) Greene
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Elaeagnaceae;Shepherdia;Shepherdia rotundifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Elaeagnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Shepherdia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Shepherdia rotundifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub some measurement;shrub growth form"><b>Shrubs,</b> 0.5–2 m, not clonal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>unarmed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration"><b>Leaves </b>evergreen;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;margin shape or vernation;surface pubescence;hair arrangement or shape">blade broadly ovate, 1.5–3.5 × 1–3 cm, margins revolute, surfaces silvery-pubescent, hairs stellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal coloration;sepal some measurement;sepal some measurement;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals green, 2.5–4 mm on staminate flowers, 2–3 mm on pistillate flowers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="nectary disc prominence">nectary disc conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit shape;fruit some measurement;fruit condition or texture;fruit architecture or pubescence;fruit pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>light green, ellipsoid, 6–8 mm, dry (not fleshy), densely silvery-scaly and stellate-pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="seed coloration;seed some measurement"><b>Seeds </b>brown, 3–4 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Dry, open, often rocky places, sandstone, sometimes on clay soils, pinyon-juniper zone.
|elevation=1000–2600 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Shepherdia rotundifolia is an attractive shrub of the southwestern deserts of North America; it grows on rock ledges or slick-rock sandstone habitats where the rounded growth form and bright silver indument are distinctive. Drought tolerance makes it a good candidate for gardens in arid regions; it has been planted in some botanical gardens.</p>
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name=Shepherdia rotundifolia
|authority=Parry
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Elaeagnus rotundifolia;Lepargyrea rotundifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Elaeagnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Dry, open, often rocky places, sandstone, sometimes on clay soils, pinyon-juniper zone.
|elevation=1000–2600 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Naturalist
|publication year=1875
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Shepherdia
|species=Shepherdia rotundifolia
|blade length=1.5cm;3.5cm
|blade shape=ovate
|blade width=1cm;3cm
|flower architecture=pistillate;staminate
|fruit architecture or pubescence=silvery-scaly
|fruit coloration=light green
|fruit condition or texture=dry
|fruit pubescence=stellate-pubescent
|fruit shape=ellipsoid
|fruit some measurement=6mm;8mm
|hair arrangement or shape=stellate
|leaf duration=evergreen
|margin shape or vernation=revolute
|nectary disc prominence=conspicuous
|seed coloration=brown
|seed some measurement=3mm;4mm
|sepal coloration=green
|sepal some measurement=2mm;3mm
|shrub growth form=not clonal
|shrub some measurement=0.5m;2m
|stem architecture=unarmed
|surface pubescence=silvery-pubescent
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