Mexican Crucillo (Condalia warnockii)

DESCRIPTION: Shrub to 5'. Flowers are tiny, but fruit are 1/4" in diameter and are red to blackish in color. Leaves are simple, smooth-edged, alternate, elliptical to spatula-shaped to 3/16" long. Branches have sharp tips. Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn) Family.
NATURAL HISTORY: Flowers bloom mostly August to October, but also in spring.

	*Mexican Crucillo (Condalia warnockii)*
DESCRIPTION: Shrub to 5'. Flowers are tiny, but fruit are 1/4" in diameter and are red to blackish in color. Leaves are simple, smooth-edged, alternate, elliptical to spatula-shaped to 3/16" long. Branches have sharp tips. Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn) Family. NATURAL HISTORY: Flowers bloom mostly August to October, but also in spring.