Dirca occidentalis

Dirca occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Dirca
Species: D. occidentalis
Binomial name
Dirca occidentalis
A.Gray

Dirca occidentalis, or Western Leatherwood, is a deciduous shrub with leaves 3 to 7 centimeters in length. Yellow flowers emerge prior to leafing. It grows on moist and shaded slopes. It is rare and endemic to the San Francisco Bay area of California. It's closest relative, the Eastern Leatherwood, lives in the Eastern half of North America.

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