Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Rhus microphylla Engelmann ex Gray
(Littleleaf Sumac)
Family: Anacardiaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
Rhoeidium microphyllum (Engelmann) Greene
Rhus microphylla has compound leaves with 5 to 9 pubescent leaflets. The
flowers appear before the leaves and have 5 small white petals with a reddish center.
Rhus microphylla forms a spreading shrub on dry hillsides in the lower elevations in the
Gila.
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Rhus microphylla, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 20, 2008
Rhus microphylla, detail of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 20, 2008
Rhus microphylla, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 20, 2008
Rhus microphylla, closeup of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Black Range, North Percha Creek, May 4, 2009
Rhus microphylla, 1x field macro of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Black Range, North Percha Creek, May 4, 2009
Rhus microphylla, 1x field macro of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Black Range, North Percha Creek, May 4, 2009
Rhus microphylla, closeup of winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, March 17, 2010
Rhus microphylla, 3x macro of leaf scar and bud of closeup of winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, March 17, 2010
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