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Vauquelinia californica (Torr.) Sargent, Gard. & Forest
2 : 400. 1889.
Spiraea californica Torr. in Bmory, Notes Mil. Rec. 140. 1848. Vauquelinia corymbosa Torr. Bet. Mex. Bound. 64. 1859. Vauquelinia Torreyi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad, 11 : 147. 1876.
A shrub or small tree, 5-6 m. high and with a trunk sometimes 18 cm. in diameter, with
brown heartwood and yellow sap-wood ; bark of the upright twigs reddish-brown, more or
less densely covered with a white tomentum ; that of the trunk brown and broken ; petioles
about 1 cm. long ; leaf-blades lanceolate, usually acuminate or acute at the apex, acute or
slightly rounded and often oblique at the base, finely dentate, finely puberulent when
young, soon glabrous and yellowish-green above, finely tomentose beneath, 2.5-7 cm. long,
0.5-1.5 cm. wide ; corymb many-flowered, tomentose ; hypanthium hemispheric, 3 mm. wide ;
sepals tomentose on both sides, ovate, acute, 1.5 mm. long; petals oval, 5 mm. long, white;
stamens of about the same length ; fruit ovoid, about 5 mm. long, pubescent.
Type locality : High mountains near the Gila [Arizona]. Distribution : Mountains of Arizona, Sonora, and I^ower California.

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bibliographic citation: Frederick Vernon Coville, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Henry Allan Gleason, John Kunkel Small, Charles Louis Pollard, Per Axel Rydberg. 1908. GROSSULARIACEAE, PLATANACEAE, CROSSOSOMATACEAE, CONNARACEAE, CALYCANTHACEAE, and ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY

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Vauquelinia californica

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Vauquelinia californica, commonly known as Arizona rosewood, is an evergreen species of shrub or tree, in the rose family, Rosaceae.^[1]

The dark brown wood streaked with red, and is hard and very heavy, a beautiful 'rosewood.' It has dense white blossoms in early Spring.

Distribution

The plant is native to the Southwestern United States in Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in Madrean Sky Islands habitats,^[2] the Peninsular Ranges in Baja California^[3] and northern Baja California Sur,^[4] and Sonora in Northwestern Mexico.

Prehistoric

From pollen core data, a portion of the prehistoric distribution of Vauquelinia californica has been mapped. For example, in the Late Wisconsin period, this species occurred at lower elevations within the Waterman Mountains in southern Arizona than currently found.^[5]

Cultivation

Vauquelinia californica is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is used as a drought-tolerant shrub, hedge, or small tree.^[6] When trained as a single trunked tree, growth can be to 15 feet (4.6 m) in height.^[7]

Ecology

Vauquelinia californica is a larval host for the two-tailed swallowtail. ^[8]

References

^ NPIN: Vauquelinia californica (Arizona rosewood)
^ "Vauquelinia". BONAP's North American Plant Atlas. The Biota of North America Program. 2011-01-28. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
^ Felger, Richard Stephen; Johnson, Matthew Brian; Wilson, Michael Francis (2001). The trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 0-19-512891-5.
^ Little Jr., Elbert L. (1976). "Map 197, Vauquelinia californica". Atlas of United States Trees. Vol. 3 (Minor Western Hardwoods). US Government Printing Office. LCCN 79-653298. OCLC 4053799.
^ Hogan, C. Michael. "Elephant Tree: Bursera microphylla". GlobalTwitcher. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
^ Xeriscape-today.com: Vauquelinia californica
^ "Arid Zone Trees: Vauquelinia californica". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ Dominika Heusinkveld (Oct 10, 2022). "Plant of the month: Arizona rosewood". Arizona Daily Star.

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