Karwinskia humboldtiana

(Schultes) Zuccarini

Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1: 353. 1832.

Common names: Coyotillo
Illustrated
Basionym: Rhamnus humboldtiana Schultes Syst. Veg. 5: 295. 1819
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Shrubs or small trees, 1.5–4 (–6) m, glabrous or glabrate. Leaves: petiole 2–10 mm; blade oblong to elliptic-oblong, or elliptic-ovate, (1.5–) 3–7 (–8) cm, base rounded or truncate to acute, margins entire or weakly crenate (teeth at vein tips), apex rounded or truncate to acute, surfaces glabrous or abaxial surface sparsely puberulent along veins. Inflorescences 1–3-flowered. Drupes black, globose, 9–13 mm.


Phenology: Flowering (Mar–)Apr–Oct.
Habitat: Limestone ridges and hillsides, roadsides, juniper woodlands, brushlands, mesquite woodlands, sandy clay, sandy loam, deep sand.
Elevation: 10–600(–700) m.

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... more about "Karwinskia humboldtiana"
perigynous +  and epigynous +
truncate +  and acute +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Schultes) Zuccarini +
truncate +  and acute +
Rhamnus humboldtiana +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
gland-dotted +
3[-5]-veined +  and pinnate +
spinulose +, spinose +, serrate +  and entire +
denticulate +, dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and serrulate +
oblong;elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Coyotillo +
umbel-like +
Tex. +  and Mexico +
globose +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
10–600(–700) m. +
umbel-like +
Limestone ridges and hillsides, roadsides, juniper woodlands, brushlands, mesquite woodlands, sandy clay, sandy loam, deep sand. +
free +  and adnate +
hemispheric +  and turbinate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
deciduous +
gland-dotted +
crenate;entire +
intrastaminal +
not fleshy +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
gland-dotted +, white +  and yellowish or greenish yellow +
adnate +  and distinct +
not clawed +, triangular +  and deltate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering (Mar–)Apr–Oct. +
2-4-carpellate +
Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. +
distinct +
keeled;triangular +
Illustrated +
indehiscent +
Karwinskia humboldtiana +
Karwinskia +
species +
400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br /> (600 cm6,000 mm <br />6 m <br />) +
deciduous +  and evergreen +
tree +  and shrub +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and synoecious +