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'''''Ornithostaphylos''''' is a monotypic plant genus which contains the single species '''''Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia''''', the '''Baja birdbush''' or '''Baja California birdbush'''. This is a shrub native to the [[chaparral]] plant community of the coastline of southern California and northern Baja California. This bush has long, narrow, leathery evergreen leaves with edges rolled under. The bark on the branches is thin and the younger branches and twigs are reddish in color. The bush bears rounded, lantern-shaped white flowers on drooping [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicels]].
'''''Ornithostaphylos''''' is a monotypic plant genus which contains the single species '''''Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia''''', the '''Baja birdbush''' or '''Baja California birdbush'''. This is a shrub native to the [[chaparral]] plant community of the coastline of southern California and northern Baja California. This bush has long, narrow, leathery evergreen leaves with edges rolled under. The bark on the branches is thin and the younger branches and twigs are reddish in color. The bush bears rounded, lantern-shaped white flowers on drooping [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicels]].


==External links==
== References ==
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3582,3583 Jepson Manual Treatment]

*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=OROP USDA Plants Profile]
== External links ==
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ornithostaphylos+oppositifolia Photo gallery]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3582,3583 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=OROP USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ornithostaphylos+oppositifolia Photo gallery]


[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]
[[Category:Monotypic plant genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic Ericaceae genera]]
[[Category:Eudicot genera]]
[[Category:Flora of Mexico]]



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Revision as of 06:32, 20 September 2014

Ornithostaphylos
Scientific classification
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Ornithostaphylos Small
Species:
O. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia

Ornithostaphylos is a monotypic plant genus which contains the single species Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia, the Baja birdbush or Baja California birdbush. This is a shrub native to the chaparral plant community of the coastline of southern California and northern Baja California. This bush has long, narrow, leathery evergreen leaves with edges rolled under. The bark on the branches is thin and the younger branches and twigs are reddish in color. The bush bears rounded, lantern-shaped white flowers on drooping pedicels.

References

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