Rhus lanceolata

Rhus lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Genus:	Rhus
Species:	R. lanceolata
Binomial name
Rhus lanceolata (A. Gray) Britton
Synonyms[1]
Rhus copallinum var. lanceolata A. Gray Schmaltzia lanceolata (A. Gray) Small

Rhus lanceolata, the prairie sumac, is a plant species native to Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.^[2][3][4]

Rhus lanceolatais a shrub or small tree up to 9 m (30 feet) tall, reproducing by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are pinnately compound with 13-17 lanceolate leaflets and a winged rachis. Leaflets are entire (untoothed) or with small teeth, green and shiny above but whitish and pubescent below. Flowers are born in a panicle up to 14 cm (5.6 inches) tall. Flowers are white to greenish. Fruits are lens-shaped, about 6 mm (0.25 inches) across, dark red and hairy.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

References

1. Tropicos
2. "Rhus lanceolata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
3. Virginia Tech Plant Data Sheet
4. US Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps, Rhus lanceolata
5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
6. Britton, Nathaniel Lord, & Shafer, John Adolph. 1908. North American Trees 606.
7. Small, John Kunkel. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
8. Texas Native Plants Database, Aggie horticulture, Texas A&M University
9. University of Texas, BIO406D, Introduction to the Flora of Central Texas, Michael Gruenstaeudl, Rhus lanceolata