Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Choisya > Choisya dumosa

Choisya dumosa (Mexican orange; starleaf)

Synonyms: Astrophyllum dumosum (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Choisya dumosa var. dumosa
Choisya dumosa var. mollis

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  High
Fire Tolerance [1]  Low
Frost Free Days [1]  10 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  None
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting
Root Depth [1]  18 inches (46 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  None
Shape/Orientation [1]  Semi-Erect
Structure [2]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Fall Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [1]  35 inches (0.9 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Strong Base
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Dense
Screening - Winter [1]  Dense

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States

Predators

Papilio anchisiades (Rubyspot swallowtail)[3]
Papilio androgeus (Queen page swallowtail)[3]
Papilio cresphontes (Orange-dog swallowtail)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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