Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ziziphus obtusifolia
Ziziphus obtusifolia (Hook. ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray
Lotebush, Lote-bush Condalia, Graythorn
Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn Family)
USDA Symbol: ZIOBUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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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