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  Quercus perpallida
Author

Trel. 1924 Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 91

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Range Mexico (Sonora);
Growth habit less than 3 metres tall;
Leaves 2-4 cm X 5-12; deciduous; oblong; apex obtuse; base truncate, very slightly cordate; margin coarsely serrate, with short mucronate teeth; sometimes more deeply toothed; dull and pale both sides, especially beneath; abaxially tomentose; about 10 veins pairs, often branched or looped, white; petiole slightly pruinose, 2 mm long;
Flowers male catkins glabrate
Fruits

Bark, twigs and
buds

Twigs slender (2 mm.), fluted, lightly glaucous, grayish with scarcely distinguishable lenticels. Buds rather glossy brown, round-ovoid, 2 x 3 mm.
Hardiness zone, habitat
Miscellaneous -- A. Camus : n°181;
-- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae;

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