Cercocarpus Intricatus Ledifolius

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves C. ledifolius-var.-intricatus-is a thickly branched-shrub-spreading and growing erect to heights between one and three meters. The many short gray twigs on the branches bear tiny, widely spaced evergreen leaves. Each thick, short leaf is a centimeter long or less, rolled under at the edges, and leathery in texture. The-inflorescence-has two or three flowers. Each flower is a tiny cup merely a few millimeters wide containing several protruding-stamens-and one-pistil. The style remains after the rest of the flower falls away. It is feathery and up to two centimeters long, with the fruit, an-achene, at the tip.