Garrya veatchii
| Garrya veatchii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Garryales |
| Family: | Garryaceae |
| Genus: | Garrya |
| Species: | G. veatchii
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| Binomial name | |
| Garrya veatchii Kellogg
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Garrya veatchii is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names canyon silktassel and Veatch silktassel.
It is native to the chaparral hills of Southern California and Baja California.
Description
Garrya veatchii is a small treelike or bushy shrub reaching maximum heights near 2 metres (6.6 ft). It has oval-shaped leaves 3 to 9 centimeters long and about half as wide with margins flat, wavy, or slightly rolled, and undersides covered thinly to thickly in woolly hairs.
It produces long, hanging inflorescences of light-colored flowers, those on female plants giving way to hanging clusters of fruits.
The fruit is a spherical to egg-shaped berry covered in a soft coat of hairs.
References
External links
Media related to Garrya veatchii at Wikimedia Commons- Jepson Manual Treatment of Garrya veatchii
- Garrya veatchii — U.C. Photo gallery
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- Garryales
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Asterid stubs