''Garrya veatchii'' is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names canyon silktassel and Veatch silktassel. It is native to the

chaparral Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community and geographical feature found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean c ...

hills of

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and

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Description

''Garrya veatchii'' is a small treelike or bushy shrub reaching maximum heights near . It has oval-shaped leaves 3 to 9 centimeters long and about half as wide with margins flat, wavy, or slightly rolled, and undersides covered thinly to thickly in woolly hairs. It produces long, hanging

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

s of light-colored flowers, those on female plants giving way to hanging clusters of fruits. The fruit is a spherical to egg-shaped berry covered in a soft coat of hairs.

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Jepson Manual Treatment of ''Garrya veatchii''''Garrya veatchii'' — U.C. Photo gallery
Garryales Flora of Baja California Flora of California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Channel Islands of California Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{asterid-stub