Bernardia myricifolia

Bernardia myricifolia is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family known by the common name mouse's eye. It is also called mouse ear, or oreja de ratón in Spanish.[1] It is native to the desert southwest of the United States and northern Mexico. This is a shrub growing over two meters in maximum height. The small leaves are each up to three centimeters long, oval in shape, with scallop-shaped teeth along the edges. A dioecious species, male and female individuals produce different types of flowers. Staminate inflorescences are small clusters of male flowers, and pistillate inflorescences bear solitary female flowers. The fruit is a roughly rounded woolly capsule with three prominent chambers, each containing a seed.

Bernardia myricifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Bernardia
Species:
B. myricifolia
Binomial name
Bernardia myricifolia
Synonyms

Bernardia incana
Tyria myricifolia

References
  1. Mild, C. Rio Delta Wild: Bernardia myricifolia. June 5, 2004.


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