Gregg'S Saddlebush

(Mortonia greggii)

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Description

Shrubs to 2 m. Leaves: blade linear-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, 15-25 - 3-5 mm, length 5 times width, pliable, base tapering to petiole, margins often thickened, not revolute, apex obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences cymose panicles. Flowers: sepals narrowly triangular, 1 mm; petals oblong, 2 mm. Fruits 4-5 mm.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Celastrales
Family:Celastraceae
Genus:Mortonia
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