PLANT: Shrubs to 3m tall.

LEAVES: thin, mostly glabrous.

FLOWER: hypanthium glabrous.

FRUITS: 7-8 mm wide.

NOTES: See also parent taxon. Occurring on gypsum soils in Cochise co.; 1150- 1250 meters (3800-4100 ft); May-Sep; NM, TX, OK; Chihuahuan Desert, Mex.

REFERENCES: Kyle Christie, Michael Currie, Laura Smith Davis, Mar-Elise Hill, Suzanne Neal, and Tina Ayers, 2006 Vascular Plants of Arizona: Rhamnaceae. CANOTIA 2(1): 23-46.