Ptelea aptera, the wingless ptelea, is a flowering shrub native to northwestern Baja California, Mexico. It grows up to 1-5 meters tall, and occurs in the mediterranean-climate shrubland and subtropical dry shrubland from sea level to 600 meters elevation. It is grows in association with species of Ceanothus, Fraxinus, Salvia, and Artemisia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ptelea aptera being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Ptelea
- Species
- Ptelea aptera
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