Life form2, 3: shrub, medium
Habitat: mountains
leaf presence3: leaves usually present
leaf arrangement3: alternate
leaf format3: trifoliate
leaf shape3: triangular
leaf surface3: shiny or smooth or glaucous
leaf margin3: spiny lobed
Flower color2: yellow
Flowering period2: Feb to March
Armament2, 3: spines on leaves
Family1, 2, 3: Berberidaceae (barberry family)
Status: uncommon
Locations where collected or observed: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Barry M. Goldwater Range
*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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