Mortonia

Mortonia
Mortonia utahensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Mortonia
Gray
Species

~5 species (see text)

Mortonia is a small genus of flowering shrubs known as saddlebushes, "sand paper bush" or mortonias. These are rough, hairy shrubs with leathery leaves and panicles of fleshy white to purplish flowers. They bear nutlets containing 1 seed each. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most abundant in dry regions. Mortonia scabrella shows a strong preference for alkaline, limestone soils.

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