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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Staff-vines and Allies
  6. Bittersweet Family
  7. Mortonia

genus

Mortonia

Mortonia

Traits
Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Utah Mortonia native
  • Rio Grande Saddlebush native
  • Gregg's Saddlebush native
  • Mortonia sempervirens native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native Mortonia All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Utah Mortonia Mortonia utahensis flowers 1
  • Rio Grande Saddlebush Mortonia scabrella
  • Gregg's Saddlebush Mortonia greggii
  • Mortonia sempervirens

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