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Eggleaf Silktassel
Garrya ovata
Garrya ovata, the eggleaf silktassel, Mexican silktassel, or eggleaf garrya, is a species of flowering plant. It is a shrub endemic to Mexico, ranging from northeastern Mexico to Jalisco in western Mexico.
The plant is usually found as an understory species in moist forests, such as Madrean pine-oak woodlands.
From the article Garrya ovata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Garrya ovata is a shrub up to 6–8 feet (1.8–2.4 m) tall and wide. The leaves are thick and leathery, ovate, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, tomentose on both sides when young, at maturity glabrous above but tomentose below. Flowers are arranged in pendulous (hanging) racemes, and are green. It blooms in March through May. Fruits are dark blue, spherical, up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121692.