View source for Colubrina californica

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|accepted_name=Colubrina californica
|accepted_authority=I. M. Johnston
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|place=4, 12: 1085. 1924
|year=1924
}}
|common_names=Las Animas nakedwood;California snakebush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Colubrina texensis var. californica
|authority=(I. M. Johnston) L. D. Benson
}}
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Colubrina;Colubrina californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Colubrina]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Colubrina californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 74
|treatment_page=page 75
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> erect, 1–2(–3, rarely to 8) m. <b>Stems</b> ± straight, intricately branched, white-tomentose, glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, sometimes fascicled; petiole 1–4 mm; blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 1–2.5(–3.5) cm, coriaceous, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire or mucronulate to obscurely serrulate, teeth (0–)2–7 per side, apex rounded to truncate, both surfaces usually minutely hirtellous to sparsely pilose, abaxial sometimes strigose; pinnately veined, secondary veins 3–4(–5) pairs, ± straight. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymes or thyrses, 2–12-flowered, or flowers solitary; peduncles 1–2 mm; fruiting pedicels 2–4 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 7–9 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Dec–)Mar–May.
|habitat=Sandy washes, arroyos, alluvial slopes and fans, granite slopes, creosote bush and desert scrubs.
|elevation=(100–)300–1000 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>In Arizona, <i>Colubrina californica</i> occurs in La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Yuma counties; in California, all known records are from Imperial, Riverside, and San Diego counties; in <i>Nevada</i> it is known from Clark County.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Colubrina californica
|author=
|authority=I. M. Johnston
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Colubrina texensis var. californica
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Dec–)Mar–May.
|habitat=Sandy washes, arroyos, alluvial slopes and fans, granite slopes, creosote bush and desert scrubs.
|elevation=(100–)300–1000 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|publication year=1924
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_146.xml
|genus=Colubrina
|species=Colubrina californica
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