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Eggleaf silktassel

Garrya ovata

Eggleaf silktassel
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0
Family
Garryaceae (Garry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Garrya ovata, the eggleaf silktassel, Mexican silktassel, or eggleaf garrya, is a species of flowering plant. It is a shrub endemic to Mexico, ranging from northeastern Mexico to Jalisco in western Mexico.

The plant is usually found as an understory species in moist forests, such as Madrean pine-oak woodlands.

Other Garrya plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garrya ovata 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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