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Cneoridium is a monotypic genus in the Rutaceae (citrus family) which contains the single species Cneoridium dumosum, known by the common name Bushrue. This is an aromatic is shrub native to the coastal bluffs of southern California and Baja California. This highly-branched shrub may exceed a meter in height and sprawl about as wide. Its twigs are covered in small linear green leaves and flowers in clusters of one to three. Each flower is just over a centimeter wide with four or five rounded white petals and eight yellow-anthered white stamens. The bunching fruits are round reddish-green berries about half a centimeter wide covered in a thin peel which is gland-pitted like that of a common citrus fruit. Each berry contains one or two spherical seeds. May cause dermatitis in some people so use with caution. In the summer, the leaves of the plant turn an attractive golden color.
This is a tough and easy to grow plant. Amazingly drought tolerant but still tolerates occasional summer water better than most plants. It prefers full sun, and tolerates a wide variety of soil types. In the summer, its leaves turn an attractive golden color, and will green back up after the rainy season begins.
Shrub
3 - 5 ft Tall
3 - 5 ft Wide
Mounding
Moderate, Slow
Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Pleasant
White, Yellow
Winter, Spring
Bank stabilization, Groundcover
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Never irrigate once established
Moderate
Tolerates cold to 0° F
Fast, Medium
Often but not always found on eroded gabbro or sandstone soils.
Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0
For propagating by seed: 1-2 mos. stratification. For propagating from cuttings: Take ~4 inch cuttings in winter or spring from stems at least 1 year old. Remove foliage from bottom half of stem and pre-treat with a rooting compound. Place stems in mix of half peat and half moist pearlite. Water mixture and put in a plastic bag that is not entirely sealed. Place in a warm spot but not in direct sunlight. Roots should appear within 30 days.
8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Mesas, bluffs, canyons and marine terraces of San Diego and Orange Counties as well as Baja California, Mexico, where it is a component of Southern Maritime Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, or Maritime Succulent Scrub.
Chaparral, Coastal Scrub, Lowland Chaparral, Maritime Desert Scrub, Southern Coastal Scrub
Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana ssp. torreyana), Del Mar Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia), Summer Holly (Comarostaphylis diversifolia ssp. planifolia), San Diego Sage, Encinitas Baccharis (Baccharis vanessae), Del Mar Mesa Sand Aster, Nuttall's Scrub Oak (Quercus dumosa)