Mortonia greggii

A. Gray

Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 35. 1852.

Common names: Afinador
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 129. Mentioned on page 128.

Shrubs to 2 m. Leaves: blade linear-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, 15–25 × 3–5 mm, length 5 times width, pliable, base tapering to petiole, margins often thickened, not revolute, apex obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences cymose-panicles. Flowers: sepals narrowly triangular, 1 mm; petals oblong, 2 mm. Fruits 4–5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering winter–spring; fruiting summer-fall.
Habitat: Thickets, gravelly hills.
Elevation: 0–100 m.

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

In the flora area, Mortonia greggii occurs in the lower Rio Grande valley in Hidalgo and Starr counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Mortonia greggii"
mucronate;obtuse +
Jinshuang Ma +  and Geoffrey A. Levin +
A. Gray +
tapering +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;linear-oblanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Afinador +
Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
0–100 m. +
oblong;cylindric +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Thickets, gravelly hills. +
axillary +  and terminal +
bisexual +  and unisexual +
crowded +  and alternate +
persistent +
intrastaminal +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
distinct +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering winter–spring +  and fruiting summer-fall. +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
distinct +
triangular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Mortonia greggii +
Mortonia +
species +
evergreen +, deciduous +, perennial +  and annual +
polygamomonoecious +, dioecious +  and synoecious +