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Life form2, 3: shrub, low
Habitat: bajadas, rocky slopes
leaf presence3: leafless during winter or drought
leaf arrangement3: alternate
leaf format3: simple
leaf shape3: lanceolate or linear
leaf surface3: canescent or velvety hairy
leaf margin3: entire
Flower color2: burgundy or red or purple
Flowering period2: Apr. to Sept.
Armament2, 3: spineless
Family1, 2, 3: Krameriaceae (ratany family)
Synonym(s)1: Krameria grayi
Status: common
Locations where collected or observed:
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Tinajas Altas area
Barry M. Goldwater Range
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Ajo vicinity and BLM land
*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:
- 1 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
- 2 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
- 3 Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
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