Avicennia marina var. australasica

Gray mangrove

Family: Acanthaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Gray mangrove is a naturalized shrub found in southern California coastal regions, specifically in Mission Bay, San Diego County, at near sea level in coastal salt marshes. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces yellow-white flowers in small clusters with leathery, puberulent lobes. Growing to less than 2.5 meters tall with a trunk diameter under 10 centimeters, it develops a distinctive branching structure. Its leaves are 4 to 11 centimeters long, elliptic to ovate, with a shiny upper surface and felt-like undersurface. The fruit is approximately 2 centimeters in diameter and ovoid in shape.

Habitat: Coastal salt marshes

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: +- 0 m.

Bioregions: SCo (Mission Bay, San Diego Co.)

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