Family ²

Anacardiaceae

Description ³

Evergreen shrub with alternate, simple, leathery leaves ranging on reddish twigs Leaves are toothed with a waxy smooth appearance above and a paler tone below. The flowers are small, clustered closely together, and may be either bisexual or pistillate. The mature fruit of are sticky, reddish, covered with hairs, and about seven to ten millimeters in diameter.

Community ²

Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral - So Cal.

Flowering ²

Feb- May

Ethnobotany ²

Cahuilla/Diegueno - to assuage thirst and as a beverage berries

Garden Location ²

E T

Associated species ²

native bees, + nesting material

Sources and Credits

1. (c) gillian360, all rights reserved, uploaded by gillian360
2. (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus_integrifolia

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
• World Flora Online

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