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Life form2, 3: shrub, medium
Habitat: valley washes, valleys, alkali flats
leaf presence3: leaves usually present
leaf arrangement3: alternate or fascicled
leaf format3: simple
leaf shape3: spatulate or obovate or cuneate
leaf surface3: finely hairy
leaf margin3: entire
Flower color2: pink or magenta
Flowering period2: Jan. to Feb.
Armament2, 3: thorns
Family1, 2, 3: Solanaceae (nightshade family)
Status: locally common
Locations where collected or observed:
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Tinajas Altas area
*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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