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Colletia
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Colletia

Colletia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Rhamnaceae family, with five species of spiny shrubs. All species of this genus are native to southern South America. They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Colletia spinosissima

speciesColletia spinosissima

Colletia hystrix

speciesColletia hystrix

Anchor plant

speciesColletia paradoxa

Colletia ulicina

speciesColletia ulicina

Colletia spartioides

speciesColletia spartioides

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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 273247.