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|accepted_name=Mortonia utahensis
|accepted_authority=(Coville ex Trelease) A. Nelson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=47: 427. 1909
|year=1909
}}
|common_names=Utah mortonia
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mortonia scabrella var. utahensis
|authority=Coville ex Trelease in A. Gray et al.
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|publication_place=1(1,2): 400. 1897
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Mortonia;Mortonia utahensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mortonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Mortonia utahensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 128
|treatment_page=page 129
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>0.3–1.2 m. <b>Leaves</b>: blade ovate or broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 7–16 × 5–12 mm, length 1.3–1.4 times width, rigid, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margins not thickened, revolute, apex rounded to acute, sometimes mucronulate, surfaces scabridulous. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymose panicles. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals triangular, 1–2.3 mm; petals ovate, 2.2–3 mm. <b>Fruits</b> 5–7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Limestone, dry desert slopes, canyon bottoms.
|elevation=500–2100 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Mortonia utahensis</i> is restricted to the Mojave Desert.</p>
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|references=
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name=Mortonia utahensis
|authority=(Coville ex Trelease) A. Nelson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mortonia scabrella var. utahensis
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Limestone, dry desert slopes, canyon bottoms.
|elevation=500–2100 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1909
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_905.xml
|genus=Mortonia
|species=Mortonia utahensis
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