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Fraxinus dipetala

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Fraxinus dipetala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Section: Fraxinus sect. Dipetalae
Species:
F. dipetala
Binomial name
Fraxinus dipetala
Natural range

Fraxinus dipetala, the California ash or two-petal ash, is a species of ash native to southwestern North America in the United States in northwestern Arizona, California, southern Nevada, and Utah, and in Mexico in northern Baja California. It grows at altitudes of 100–1,300 m.[1][2][3]

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 7 m tall, with cylindric to four-angled stems. The leaves are 5–19 cm long, light to dark green, with three to seven (rarely nine) leaflets 1–7 cm long, thick, and serrated along the margins. The flowers have two white lobe-shaped petals 2.5–4 mm long, and are sweetly scented, hanging in fluffy clusters; unlike many ashes, they are bisexual, not dioecious. The fruit is a long, flat samara 2–3.2 cm long and 5–9 mm broad, green when immature and hanging in bunches.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Oldfield, S.; Samain, M.-S.; Martínez Salas, E.; Westwood, M. (2017). "Fraxinus dipetala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T96443856A96443862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96443856A96443862.en. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Fraxinus dipetala". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Jepson Flora: Fraxinus dipetala
  4. ^ Calphotos: Fraxinus dipetala photos