Family ³

Rhamnaceae

Description ³

Evergreen low shrub with spreading branches, leaves thick glabrous abaxially, with toothed or entire margin.

Community ³

Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Southern Oak Woodland, Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Flowering ³

Feb- Mar

Ethnobotany ³

Berries used for food by Cahuilla

Garden Location ³

O

Associated species ³

Hermes Copper Lycaena hermes

Sources and Credits

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2. (c) gillian360, all rights reserved, uploaded by gillian360
3. (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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