Adenostoma fasciculatum (Chamise)

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Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn.

Chamise, greasewood

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Rosales	Rose family and eight others
Family	Rosaceae	Includes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others
Genus	Adenostoma	From Greek aden, “gland,” and stoma, “mouth,” referring to five glands at the mouth of the sepals
Species	fasciculatum	Latin for “bundles,” because leaves are attached to the stem in groups called “fasicles”

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Chamise is native to California and northern Baja California.

Identification: This common densely branched woody shrub reaches as much as 13′ (4 m) in height. Bark is gray-brown in color. The leaves are small, ⅛-⅜″ (4-10 mm) long × 1/32″ (1 mm) wide, dark- or yellow-green, shiny, attached in fascicles, or tight clusters. They are highly flammable, owing to the presence of oils. (Despite this flammability, chamise recovers quickly after fires because its crown regenerates from its base.) Flowers are small, white, with 5 petals, in cone-shaped groups up to 1½-4½″ (4-12 cm) long.

Online References:

Wikipedia

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

The Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association

The USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database

Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants

The Jepson Manual

Adenostoma fasciculatum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

2/26/2010 · Torrey Pines State Park, La Jolla, California · ≈ 2 × 1½″ (5.9 × 3.9 cm)

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