Status: Native
Synonyms:
Rhoeidium microphyllum (Engelmann) Greene
Rhus microphylla has compound leaves with 5 to 9 pubescent leaflets. The
flowers appear before the leaves and have 5 small white petals with a reddish center.
Rhus microphylla forms a spreading shrub on dry hillsides in the lower elevations in the
Gila.
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Rhus microphylla, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 20, 2008
Rhus microphylla, detail of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 20, 2008
Rhus microphylla, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 20, 2008
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