Biology:Cercocarpus douglasii
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Klamath mountain mahogany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Cercocarpus |
Species: | C. douglasii
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Binomial name | |
Cercocarpus douglasii Rydb. 1913
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Cercocarpus douglasii, common name Klamath mountain mahogany, is a plant species native to northern California and southwestern Oregon.[1]
Cercocarpus douglasii is a tree up to 5 meters (17 feet) tall with rough, gray bark. Leaves are oblong to oblanceolate, up to 5 cm (2 inches) long, with rounded tips, green and hairless on the upper side but whitish with woolly hairs underneath. Flowers are borne in groups of 2 or 3 in the axils of the leaves.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rydberg, Per Axel, in Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 421.
- ↑ Baldwin et al. 2012. Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, ed 2. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN:978-0520253124
Wikidata ☰ Q16956476 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercocarpus douglasii.
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