Helietta parvifolia

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Helietta

| species = parvifolia

| authority = (A.Gray ex Hemsl.) Benth.

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Helietta parvifolia, common name barreta, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEPA3 |title=Helietta parvifolia (A. Gray ex Hemsl.) Benth. |author= |date=16 June 2023 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=14 March 2025 }} It is native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and Hidalgo.{{cite POWO |id=1130764-2 |title=Helietta parvifolia (A.Gray ex Hemsl.) Benth. |access-date=14 March 2025 }} It is a shrub reaching {{cvt|20|ft|m|0|order=flip}} and a member of the Tamaulipan thornscrub community.{{cite journal |jstor=30055366 |title=Woody Species Composition of Habitats used by Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Tamaulipan Biotic Province |last1=Shindle |first1=David B. |last2=Tewes |first2=Michael E. |journal=The Southwestern Naturalist |date=1998 |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=273–279 }}