Lundell Herbarium at the University of Texas at Austin (LL)
LL00330465
47a169f1-4bc5-4d9e-8340-38f31b863b13
Ziziphus obtusifolia (Hook. ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray
Rhamnaceae
Turner, Billie Lee (2000)
Alfred Traverse
1026
1959-04-21
1959-4-21
United States, Texas, Cameron, E of Harlingen on highway 106, 4.5 mi. E of bend on 106 at Harlingen Air Force base. 0.3 mi. N of intersection with road marked to Port Harlingen.
Dense thicket of spiny microphyllous shrubs above stream. Gray-brown silty sand. Prosopis p.-Pithecolobium sp.-Opuntia sp.-Zanthoxylum fag.-Bumelia cel. Shrub, 1.5 m.; Basal diam., 2 cm. Crown diam., 1 m. Densely branched. Bark gray, smooth. Some twigs end in very sharp spines. Fruits green.