Bernardia myricifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Genus: | Bernardia |
Species: | B. myricifolia
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Binomial name | |
Bernardia myricifolia | |
Synonyms | |
Bernardia incana |
Bernardia myricifolia is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family known by the common name mouse's eye. It is also called mouse ear, or oreja de ratón in Spanish. [1] It is native to Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. [2] It grows in shrub communities on rocky, limestone hills. [3] This is a perennial shrub growing over three meters in maximum height. [3] The small leaves are each up to three centimeters long, oval in shape, with scallop-shaped teeth along the edges. A dioecious species, male and female individuals produce different types of flowers. Staminate inflorescences are small clusters of male flowers, and pistillate inflorescences bear solitary female flowers. The fruit is a roughly rounded woolly capsule with three prominent chambers, each containing a seed.