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Cercocarpus breviflorus
Also called Wright's Mountain Mahogany, Hairy Cercocarpus, Eastern Mountain Mahogany, Short Leaf Mahogany
Cercocarpus breviflorus is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the mountains of the southwestern US and northern Mexico, grown for its tough, drought-tolerant nature. It thrives in full sun and lean, well-drained soil once established.
Cercocarpus breviflorus, commonly known as desert mountain mahogany or hairy mountain mahogany, is a species of plant in the rose family, native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Hairy mountain mahogany occurs in mountainous parts of the southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona) and northern Mexico (from Sonora to Tamaulipas, south as far as Querétaro), on both limestone and igneous rock.
Birch Leaf Mahogany · Birch Leaf Mahogany · Cercocarpus fothergilloides · Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus · Curl-leaf mountain mahogany · Alderleaf mountain mahogany · Catalina Island mountain mahogany · Mountain mahogany
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cercocarpus breviflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
