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Shrub, with wicked bifurcate thorns and showy, fragrant white flowers (June-July), between Keck Science and Organic Chemistry bldgs. Others plantings at Rains and Manzanita Park.
Illustrations (links open new windows): flower
Additions/Revisions: This is a new entry, not in book.Name derivation, genus | species Latinized version of Indian vernacular name for these spiny shrubs | large-flowered
Related material: Stanford Grounds Plant Information Sheet. List No.13, p.11. Botanical
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