Garrya veatchii
Garrya veatchii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Garryales |
Family: | Garryaceae |
Genus: | Garrya |
Species: | G. veatchii
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Binomial name | |
Garrya veatchii Kellogg
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Garrya veatchii is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names canyon silktassel and Veatch silktassel.
It is native to the chaparral hills of Southern California and Baja California.
Description[]
Garrya veatchii is a small treelike or bushy shrub reaching maximum heights near 2 metres (6.6 ft). It has oval-shaped leaves 3 to 9 centimeters long and about half as wide with margins flat, wavy, or slightly rolled, and undersides covered thinly to thickly in woolly hairs.
It produces long, hanging inflorescences of light-colored flowers, those on female plants giving way to hanging clusters of fruits.
The fruit is a spherical to egg-shaped berry covered in a soft coat of hairs.
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Garrya veatchii at Wikimedia Commons
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Garrya veatchii
- Garrya veatchii — U.C. Photo gallery
Categories:
- Garryales
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Asterid stubs