Biology:Bernardia myricifolia
| Bernardia myricifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Bernardia |
| Species: | B. myricifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Bernardia myricifolia (Scheele) S.Wats.
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| Synonyms | |
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Bernardia incana | |
Bernardia myricifolia is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family known by the common name mouse's eye. It is also called mouse ear, or oreja de ratón in Spanish.[1] It is native to Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.[2] It grows in shrub communities on rocky, limestone hills.[3] This is a perennial shrub growing over three meters in maximum height.[3] The small leaves are each up to three centimeters long, oval in shape, with scallop-shaped teeth along the edges. A dioecious species, male and female individuals produce different types of flowers. Staminate inflorescences are small clusters of male flowers, and pistillate inflorescences bear solitary female flowers. The fruit is a roughly rounded woolly capsule with three prominent chambers, each containing a seed.
References
- ↑ Mild, C. Rio Delta Wild: Bernardia myricifolia. June 5, 2004.
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.135981/Bernardia_myricifolia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bernardia myricifolia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250101931.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4893815 entry
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