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Phyllanthopsis arida

Phyllanthopsis arida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthopsis
Species: P. arida
Binomial name
Phyllanthopsis arida
(Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.
Synonyms
  • Andrachne arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) G.L.Webster
  • Savia arida Warnock & M.C. Johnst.

Phyllanthopsis arida, the trans-Pecos maidenbush, is a rare plant species endemic to western Texas.

Phyllanthopsis arida is a thornless, dioecious, deciduous, highly branching shrub up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are ovate to obovate, up to 1.0 cm long. Flower solitary or in small clusters, yellow-green, up to 3 mm in diameter. Capsule is hanging, up to 7 mm long.


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