Biology:Dirca occidentalis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Dirca occidentalis
Western Leatherwood (Dirca occidentalis) (4344378633).jpg

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Dirca
Species:
D. occidentalis
Binomial name
Dirca occidentalis
A.Gray

Dirca occidentalis, the western leatherwood, is a deciduous shrub with leaves three to seven centimeters in length. Yellow flowers emerge prior to leafing. It grows on moist and shaded slopes. It is rare[2] and endemic to the San Francisco Bay area of California . Its closest relative, Dirca palustris, lives in the eastern half of North America.

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Wikidata ☰ Q5280176 entry