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|accepted_name=Philadelphus mearnsii
|accepted_authority=W. H. Evans ex Rydberg in N. L. Britton et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=N. Amer. Fl.
|place=22: 174. 1905
|year=1905
}}
|common_names=Mearns’s mock orange
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Philadelphus hitchcockianus
|authority=S. Y. Hu
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. mearnsii subsp. bifidus
|authority=C. L. Hitchcock
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Hydrangeaceae;Philadelphus;Philadelphus mearnsii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrangeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Philadelphus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Philadelphus mearnsii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 474, 475, 476
|treatment_page=page 478
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 5–15(–40) dm. <b>Stems</b> tan-brown, weathering gray, striate, stiffly divaricately branched, strigose-sericeous; internodes 0.1–3.5 cm; short shoots often present; axillary buds exposed. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5–4 mm; blade green or gray-green abaxially and adaxially, oblong-lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or elliptic to ovate, 0.5–1.7(–3) × 0.1–0.6(–1.1) cm, coriaceous, margins entire, ± revolute, surfaces ± equally moderately strigose, hairs appressed, coarse, 0.2–0.6(–0.9) mm, without understory of coiled-crisped hairs; veins inconspicuous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: flowers solitary, produced from previous year's long shoots, often appearing axillary. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium sparsely to moderately strigose-sericeous or glabrous; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 2–3.5(–4.2) × 1.3–2.3 mm, apex acute to acuminate-caudate, abaxial surface sparsely to moderately strigose-sericeous or glabrous, adaxial surface glabrous except villous along distal margins; petals white, oblong-lanceolate to broadly oblong-ovate, (5–)7–8.5(–10) × 2.5–4.5(–5.8) mm; stamens 13–18(–24); filaments distinct, 1.3–4 mm; style 1, clavate, 2–3.2 mm, narrow base 0.5–1.5 mm; stigmatic portion 1.3–2 mm, distally lobed to 0.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid-turbinate, 3–5.5 × 3.2–5.5 mm, sepals ± persistent at distal 1/3 or more distally, capsule distal surface impressed in 4(–8) radial lines. <b>Seeds</b> not caudate, 1–1.2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun; fruiting May–Nov.
|habitat=Limestone mountains, oak-pinyon zones.
|elevation=1300–1800(–2200) m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila).
|discussion=<p><i>Philadelphus</i> hitchcockianus, with its hypanthium and abaxial sepal surfaces glabrous, is here synonymized with <i>P. mearnsii</i>, which has its hypanthium and abaxial sepal surfaces moderately sericeous-strigose; substantial variation in this character is found in several populations. Hu S. Y. (1954–1956) alleged that P. hitchcockianus and <i>P. mearnsii</i> also differ in fruit size; however, that character is variable and overlapping.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Philadelphus mearnsii
|authority=W. H. Evans ex Rydberg in N. L. Britton et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Philadelphus hitchcockianus;P. mearnsii subsp. bifidus
|basionyms=
|family=Hydrangeaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun; fruiting May–Nov.
|habitat=Limestone mountains, oak-pinyon zones.
|elevation=1300–1800(–2200) m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=N. Amer. Fl.
|publication year=1905
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_524.xml
|genus=Philadelphus
|species=Philadelphus mearnsii
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