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Dwarf silktassel

Garrya buxifolia

Dwarf silktassel
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Garryaceae (Garry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. Oregon to NW. California
Climate
temperate

About

Garrya buxifolia is a species of flowering shrub, known by the common names dwarf silktassel and boxleaf silktassel, in the genus Garrya.

It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in forests and chaparral, especially in the coastal mountains and hills.

Other Garrya plants

Chaparral silktassel · Coast Silk Tassel · Garrya fadyenii · Ashy silktassel · Bearbrush · Eggleaf silktassel · Canyon silktassel · Wright's silktassel · Silktassel

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garrya buxifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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