Frangula californica subsp. californica

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Features: fire resistant
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Read about Frangula californica subsp. californica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Rhamnus californica, Esch. (R. oleifolia, Hook. R. Pur- shiana var. californica, Rehd.). Coffee-berry. Evergreen shrub, to 15 ft.: lvs. oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute or short-acuminate, serrulate or entire, glabrous and yellowish green beneath, 1-4 in. long: peduncles longer than petioles: fr. depressed-globose, changing from red to purplish black, about 1/3in. across. S. Ore. and Calif, to Ariz, and New Mex. R.H. 1874, p. 354. S.S. 2:63, fig. 3. Var. tomentella, Brew. & Wats. (R. Purshiana var. tomentella, Brandeg. R. tomentella, Benth. R. incana, Carr. Frangula californica var. tomentella, Gray). Allied to the preceding variety, but lvs. densely white-tomentose beneath. R.H. 1858, p. 658; 1872, p. 194. S.S. 2:63, fig. 2.


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