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Baja California birdbush
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Scientific classification
Genus:
Ornithostaphylos
Species:
oppositifolia

Ornithostaphylos is a monotypic plant genus which contains the single species Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia, the Baja birdbush or Baja California birdbush. This is a shrub native to the chaparral plant community of the coastline of southern California and northern Baja California. This bush has long, narrow, leathery evergreen leaves with edges rolled under. The bark on the branches is thin and the younger branches and twigs are reddish in color. The bush bears rounded, lantern-shaped white flowers on drooping pedicels.

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  • Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia 32527277

    Detail of the flowers, with a view to their insides

  • Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia 6110041

    A nascent inflorescence with leaves

  • Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia 6110033

    The plant in habitat

  • Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia 01

    The old inflorescence with drupes

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