# Datisca glomerata

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Datiscaglomerata.JPG
|genus = Datisca
|species = glomerata
|authority = ([C.Presl](/source/Carl_Borivoj_Presl)) [Baill.](/source/Henri_Ernest_Baillon)
}}

'''''Datisca glomerata''''' is a species of plant native to California, Nevada, and Baja California known by the common name '''Durango root'''. It is one of only two to four species in the plant family [Datiscaceae](/source/Datiscaceae).<ref>{{cite web
 |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316095-1
 |title= Datisca glomerata (C.Presl) Baill.
 |author=<!--Not stated-->
 |date=n.d.
 |website=Plants of the World Online
 |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
 |access-date=July 11, 2020}}
</ref> It is an erect perennial herb with distinctive long, pointed, often sharply serrated leaves. It is said to superficially resemble ''[Cannabis](/source/Cannabis)'' species. Its yellowish green flowers grow in clusters from the axilla of the leaf, where it joins the stem. A thick stand of the plant can form a medium-sized bush. All parts of this plant are toxic and in some areas, it is considered a [noxious weed](/source/noxious_weed). It is reported to be poisonous to cattle.<ref>Joseph M. DiTomaso, [http://wric.ucdavis.edu/information/poisonous.pdf 'List of Plants Reported to be Poisonous to Animals in the United States'.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823213534/http://wric.ucdavis.edu/information/poisonous.pdf |date=2007-08-23 }}</ref>

It is also one of a rare group of [androdioecious](/source/Androdioecy) species.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=22377 Datisca glomerata @The Jepson Herbarium]

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Category:Datiscaceae
Category:Plants described in 1871
Category:Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
Category:Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl

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