Tetracoccus dioicus

Tetracoccus dioicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Genus: Tetracoccus
Species: T. dioicus
Binomial name
Tetracoccus dioicus
Parry

Tetracoccus dioicus is a species of flowering shrub native to the chaparral plant community of southern California and Baja California known by the common names red shrubby-spurge[1] and Parry's tetracoccus. This is an erect shrub reaching about 2 meters in height, with gray-barked branches that are bright red when young. The stiff, leathery, yellowish-green leaves are opposite or clustered, often in threes, and they may be rolled lengthwise. The shrub bears staminate and pistillate flowers with red-yellow structures and distinctive four-lobed fruits which ripen to a bright red color.

References

  1. "Tetracoccus dioicus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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