Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly, Yaupon, or Cassina; the latter shared with
Ilex cassine), is a species of
holly native to southeastern
North America, occurring in
United States from
Virginia south to
Florida and west to
Oklahoma (extreme southeast only) and
Texas, and in
Mexico in
Chiapas.It is an
evergreen shrub or small
tree reaching 5-9 m tall, with smooth, light gray bark and slender, hairy shoots. The
leaves are alternate, ovate to elliptical with a rounded apex and crenate or coarsely serrated margin, 1-4.5 cm long and 1-2 cm broad, glossy dark green above, slightly paler below. The
flowers are 5–5.5 mm diameter, with a white four-lobed corolla. The
fruit is a small round or red (occasionally yellow)
drupe 4-6 mm diameter containing four
seeds, which are dispersed by
birds eating the fruit. The species may be distinguished from the similar Ilex cassine by its smaller leaves with a rounded, not acute apex.
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