View source for Mortonia sempervirens

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|accepted_name=Mortonia sempervirens
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|place=3(5): 35, plate 4. 1852
|year=1852
}}
|common_names=Texas mortonia
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Mortonia;Mortonia sempervirens
|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 sempervirens]]</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>0.6–1.5 m. <b>Leaves</b>: blade oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, 3–5 × 1.5–2 mm, length 2–2.5 times width, rigid, base rounded, margins not thickened, revolute, apex narrowly obtuse to acute, mucronate, surfaces usually scabridulous, rarely glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymose racemes. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals deltate, 1 mm; petals oblong, 2 mm. <b>Fruits</b> 5–6 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
|habitat=Rocky limestone hills, ledges, stony prairies.
|elevation=500–1800 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Durango;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>In the flora area, <i>Mortonia sempervirens</i> occurs in trans-Pecos Texas.</p>
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name=Mortonia sempervirens
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
|habitat=Rocky limestone hills, ledges, stony prairies.
|elevation=500–1800 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Durango;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication year=1852
|special status=
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|genus=Mortonia
|species=Mortonia sempervirens
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