Garrya veatchii is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names canyon silktassel and Veatch silktassel.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Garryales |
| Family: | Garryaceae |
| Genus: | Garrya |
| Species: | G. veatchii
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| Binomial name | |
| Garrya veatchii Kellogg
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It is native to the chaparral hills of Southern California and Baja California.
Description
editGarrya veatchii is a small treelike or bushy shrub reaching maximum heights near 2 metres (6.6 ft). It has oval-shaped leaves 3 to 9 centimeters long and about half as wide with margins flat, wavy, or slightly rolled, and undersides covered thinly to thickly in woolly hairs.
It produces long, hanging inflorescences of light-colored flowers, those on female plants giving way to hanging clusters of fruits.
The fruit is a spherical to egg-shaped berry covered in a soft coat of hairs.
References
editExternal links
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Media related to Garrya veatchii at Wikimedia Commons- Jepson Manual Treatment of Garrya veatchii
- Garrya veatchii — U.C. Photo gallery
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