Mortonia
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Mortonia is a small genus of flowering shrubs known as saddlebushes or mortonias. These are rough, hairy shrubs with leathery leaves and panicle
s of fleshy white to purplish flowers. They bear nutlet
s containing 1 seed each. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most abundant in dry regions.
Selected species:
Panicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
s of fleshy white to purplish flowers. They bear nutlet
Nutlet
Nutlet may refer to one of the following.*A small nut.*In botany, a nutlet is a pyrena or pyrene, which is a seed covered by a stony layer, such as the kernel of a drupe....
s containing 1 seed each. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most abundant in dry regions.
Selected species:
- Mortonia greggii
- Mortonia scabrella
- Mortonia sempervirens
- Mortonia utahensisMortonia utahensisMortonia utahensis is a species of flowering plant in the bittersweet family known by the common name Utah mortonia. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert and mountain scrub and woodland, often on limestone substrates. It is a broomlike shrub growing erect to a...