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|accepted_name=Frangula obovata
|accepted_authority=(Kearney & Peebles) G. L. Nesom & J. O. Sawyer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=91: 302. 2009
|year=2009
}}
|common_names=Pearleaf buckthorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Rhamnus betulifolia var. obovata
|authority=Kearney & Peebles
|rank=variety
|publication_title=J. Wash. Acad. Sci.
|publication_place=29: 486. 1939
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Frangula betulifolia subsp. obovata
|authority=(Kearney & Peebles) Kartesz & Gandhi
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Frangula;Frangula obovata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Frangula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Frangula obovata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 52, 53
|treatment_page=page 58
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 1–2.5 m. <b>Stems</b> red to brown or gray-brown, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 5–14 mm; blade usually equally green on both surfaces, not glaucous, obovate to oblong-obovate or oblong, (4–)5–9 × 3.2–6 cm, 1.2–1.8(–2.5) times longer than wide, subcoriaceous to distinctly coriaceous, base truncate to subcordate, margins serrulate to nearly entire, apex obtuse to truncate or rounded, both surfaces minutely puberulous to hirtellous, glabrescent; secondary veins (5–)6–8(–9) pairs. <b>Inflorescences</b> umbels, pedunculate, 2–12-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–10 mm. <b>Stigmas</b> 3-lobed. <b>Drupes</b> black, globose, 5–8 mm; stones 3.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Hanging gardens, cliff faces, talus, canyon bottoms, seepage below cliffs, stream and creek banks.
|elevation=1300–2400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Frangula obovata</i> is known from Clark County, <i>Nevada</i>, across northern Arizona and southern Utah to southwestern Colorado; its distribution does not overlap that of <i>F. betulifolia</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Frangula obovata
|authority=(Kearney & Peebles) G. L. Nesom & J. O. Sawyer
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Frangula betulifolia subsp. obovata
|basionyms=Rhamnus betulifolia var. obovata
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Hanging gardens, cliff faces, talus, canyon bottoms, seepage below cliffs, stream and creek banks.
|elevation=1300–2400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=2009
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_922.xml
|genus=Frangula
|species=Frangula obovata
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