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Life form2, 3: subshrub
Habitat: rocky slopes, bajadas
leaf presence3: leaves usually present
leaf arrangement3: alternate or opposite
leaf format3: trifoliate
leaf shape3: oblanceolate
leaf surface3: smooth
leaf margin3: entire
Flower color2: magenta or pink
Flowering period2: Jan. to Apr.
Armament2, 3: curved spines
Family1, 2, 3: Zygophyllaceae (caltrop family)
Status: locally common
Locations where collected or observed:
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Tinajas Altas area
Barry M. Goldwater Range
Sonoran Desert National Monument
*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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