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Ziziphus obtusifolia (Hook. ex Torr. & Gray) Gray

Lote-bush condalia, Lotebush
Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn Family)

USDA Symbol: ZIOB
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Ziziphus obtusifolia

Lotebush, Gumdrop-Tree

Rhamnaceae

Location: 15 m north of the old iron bridge & 15 m east of Harry Wurzbach Drive--Oakwell Farms.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Almost full shade. Damp, alkaline, alluvial soil.

Description: Shrub to 2 m tall. Branches gray with waxlike bloom, terminating in sharp, stout thorns. Leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, gray-green, serrate in outer half, alternate, petioled. Flowers in axillary cymes.

County: Bexar
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: May 31, 1993
 Specimen number: 191

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0418
 Accession Date: Jun 27, 1993
 Accession Number: 32

Annotations: SCXXB

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