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Rue of the mountains

Thamnosma texana

Also called Dutchman's Britches, Desert Rue, Dutchman's Breeches

Rue of the mountains
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Arizona (Hualapai Mts.) to Texas and N. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

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Thamnosma texana, the rue of the mountains, Texas desert-rue or Dutchman's breeches, is a shrub in the citrus family Rutaceae. It is native to Arizona (Hualap Mountains) to Texas and Northern Mexico.

Other Thamnosma plants

Turpentinebroom · Thamnosma socotrana · Desertrue

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thamnosma texana 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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