Colubrina texensis

(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray

Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 169. 1850.

Common names: Texan hog-plum
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Rhamnus texensis Torrey & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 263. 1838
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 74.

Shrubs or small trees, erect, 1–2 (–2.8) m. Stems zigzag, white tomentose-sericeous, becoming glabrate. Leaves deciduous, sometimes fascicled on short-shoots; petiole 1–4 mm; blade ovate to elliptic, oblong-obovate, or obovate, 1–3 (–4) cm, subcoriaceous, base rounded to subcordate, margins shallowly serrate, teeth 10–20 per side, apex rounded, often apiculate, abaxial surface loosely sericeous, adaxial glabrate; pinnately veined, secondary-veins (2–) 3–4 pairs, arcuate, basal pair prominent. Inflorescences fascicles, 2–4 (–7) -flowered, or flowers solitary; peduncles absent; fruiting pedicels 5–13 mm. Capsules 6–9 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Fencerows, roadsides, disturbed sites, clay banks, shell ridges, loose sand, sandy loam, rocky limestone slopes and crevices, gravel hills, stream banks, alluvial terraces, gravelly flood plains, shrub-grasslands, mesquite shrublands, oak-mesquite, oak-juniper, and mesquite-hackberry woodlands.
Elevation: 0–800 m.

Discussion

Colubrina texensis is widespread in central and southern Texas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Colubrina texensis"
perigynous +  and epigynous +
rounded +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray +
rounded +  and subcordate +
Rhamnus texensis +
3-veined +  and veined +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
not gland-dotted +
3[-5]-veined +  and pinnate +
spinulose +, spinose +, serrate +  and entire +
denticulate +, dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and serrulate +
ovate;elliptic oblong-obovate or obovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Texan hog-plum +
0–800 m. +
Fencerows, roadsides, disturbed sites, claFencerows, roadsides, disturbed sites, clay banks, shell ridges, loose sand, sandy loam, rocky limestone slopes and crevices, gravel hills, stream banks, alluvial terraces, gravelly flood plains, shrub-grasslands, mesquite shrublands, oak-mesquite, oak-juniper, and mesquite-hackberry woodlands.juniper, and mesquite-hackberry woodlands. +
free +  and adnate +
hemispheric +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
deciduous +
intrastaminal +
not fleshy +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
yellowish +  and creamy white +
adnate +  and distinct +
clawed +, obovate +  and spatulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–May. +
2-4-carpellate +
Boston J. Nat. Hist. +
brown +  and greenish +
distinct +
keeled;ovate-triangular;triangular +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
glabrate +  and tomentose-sericeous +
Colubrina texensis +
Colubrina +
species +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (280 cm2,800 mm <br />2.8 m <br />) +
deciduous +  and evergreen +
tree +  and shrub +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and synoecious +