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Canyon silktassel

Garrya veatchii

Canyon silktassel
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Garryaceae (Garry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SC. & SW. California to Mexico (N. & NC. Baja California)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Garrya veatchii is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names canyon silktassel and Veatch silktassel.

It is native to the chaparral hills of Southern California and Baja California.

Other Garrya plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garrya veatchii 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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