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Shrub, tree, or vine, some dioecious
Leaves alternate or opposite, deciduous or evergreen, simple to pinnately compound
Inflorescence various; flower sometimes solitary
Flower sometimes unisexual, generally radial; calyx generally minute, tube cup-shaped, lobes 415; petals (0)46, generally fused; stamens generally 2, epipetalous; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers 2, placentas axile, ovules 24 per chamber, style 1, stigma generally 2-lobed
Fruit: drupe, capsule, or winged achene
Seed 1 per chamber
Genera in family: ± 25 genera, 900 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated for ornamental (Forsythia ; Jasminum , jasmine; Ligustrum , privet; Syringa , lilac) or food (Olea )
Reference: [Wilson & Wood 1959 J Arnold Arbor 40:369384]
Perennial to shrub, generally glabrous
Leaves opposite to alternate, simple, generally entire, sessile to short-petioled
Inflorescence appearing after leaves; axillary clusters or terminal panicle
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes 515, ± linear, persistent; corolla ± rotate to funnel-shaped, lobes 46; ovules 24 per chamber, style slender, stigmatic lobes 2, ± spheric
Fruit: capsule, dehiscent by valves, circumscissile, or ± indehiscent, 2-lobed to near base
Seeds 48
Species in genus: ± 25 species: Am, s Africa
Etymology: (Greek: perhaps half-moon spear, from appearance of fruit on stiff pedicel)
Reference: [Steyermark 1932 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 19:87176]
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Shrub < 90 cm, sparsely puberulent
Stem intricately branched; branchlets short, stout, becoming spiny
Leaves alternate or clustered, 311 mm, oblong to obovate, fleshy
Inflorescence axillary
Flower: calyx lobes 57, 35 mm, sparsely rough-hairy; corolla tube 49 mm; anthers and stigma barely exserted
Fruit indehiscent or breaking apart irregularly; lobes 58 mm
Ecology: Rocky slopes, canyons
Elevation: 9002300 m.
Bioregional distribution: San Bernardino Mountains (n slope), s East of Sierra Nevada, Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: s Nevada, nw Arizona
Flowering time: AprMay
Horticultural information: TRY.