Goldman's silktassel

(Garrya ovata goldmanii)

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Description

Garrya ovata, with the common names eggleaf silktassel, Mexican silktassel, and eggleaf garrya, is a plant species native to New Mexico, Texas, and to central and northern Mexico.The plant usually found as an understory species in moist forests, such as Madrean pine-oak 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

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Garryales
Family:Garryaceae
Genus:Garrya
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