Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Rosaceae > Coleogyne > Coleogyne ramosissimaColeogyne ramosissima (blackbrush)Coleogyne ramosissima or blackbrush, is a low lying, dark grayish-green, aromatic, spiny, perennial, soft wooded shrub, native to the deserts of the southwestern United States. It is called blackbrush because the gray branches darken when wet by rains. It is in the rose family (Rosaceae), and is the only species in the monotypic genus Coleogyne. |
| Bloom Period [1] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [1] | High | | Frost Free Days [1] | 4 months 20 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [1] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [1] | Spring | | Fruit/Seed End [1] | Summer | | Growth Form [1] | Multiple Stem | | Growth Period [1] | Summer | | Growth Rate [1] | Slow | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Propagation [1] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [1] | 24 inches (61 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [1] | Moderate | | Seed Vigor [1] | Low | | Seeds Per [1] | 21774 / lb (48003 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [1] | Semi-Erect | | Structure [2] | Shrub | | Vegetative Spread Rate [1] | None |  | | Flower Color [1] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [1] | White-Gray | | Fruit Color [1] | Brown | | | Fall Conspicuous [1] | Yes | | Flower Conspicuous [1] | Yes | | | Height [1] | 5.904 feet (1.8 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°) | | Light Preference [1] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [1] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [1] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Low | | | Screening - Summer [1] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [1] | Dense |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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