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|accepted_name=Phaulothamnus spinescens
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=20: 294. 1885
|year=1885
}}
|common_names=Snake-eyes;putia
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Achatocarpaceae;Phaulothamnus;Phaulothamnus spinescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Achatocarpaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phaulothamnus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Phaulothamnus spinescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 10
|treatment_page=page 13
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>erect, to 2.5 m, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> sessile or petiolate; blade to 35 × 12 mm, broadest distal to middle; petiole ± 1 mm. <b>Flowers</b> yellow-green; tepals 4, 2.5 × 2 mm. <b>Berries</b> gray-translucent to white, tinged with green, borne on peduncle 0.5–2 × 4–5 mm diam. <b>Seed</b> black, 1–2 mm, granular and rugose, visible through fruit wall.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall; fruiting fall–winter.
|habitat=Sandy to clayey soils in thickets, wooded areas
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Nuevo León;Sonora;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p><i>Phaulothamnus spinescens</i> is very infrequent, scattered in the lower south Texas plains and adjacent Mexico. Because the seeds are black and easily seen within the translucent fruits, the fruits give the appearance of a small eye, hence the common name snake-eyes.</p>
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name=Phaulothamnus spinescens
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Achatocarpaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall; fruiting fall–winter.
|habitat=Sandy to clayey soils in thickets, wooded areas
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Nuevo León;Sonora;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1885
|special status=
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|genus=Phaulothamnus
|species=Phaulothamnus spinescens
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