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Littleleaf sumac

Rhus microphylla

Also called Desert Sumac, Scrub Sumac, Small Leaf Sumac

Littleleaf sumac
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Arizona to SW. Oklahoma and Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Rhus microphylla, the littleleaf sumac, desert sumac, correosa, or agritos, is a species of sumac in the family Anacardiaceae, native to North America, in the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico, from central and western Texas, southern and central New Mexico, central and northern regions of the Mexican Altiplano-(Mexican Plateau), and extreme southeastern Arizona of the Madrean Sky Islands.

Other Rhus plants

Fragrant sumac · Chinese sumac · Winged sumac · Sicilian sumac · Smooth sumac · Lemonade sumac · Kearney's sumac · Prairie sumac · False poison sumac · Sugar sumac · Potanin Sumac · Neneleau

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhus microphylla 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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