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Life form2, 3:  shrub, lowHabitat: sandy areas
 leaf presence3:  leaves usually present
 leaf arrangement3:  alternate
 leaf shape3:  lanceolate
 leaf surface3:  scabrous
 leaf margin3:  entire
 Flower color2: white or whitish
 Flowering period2: Mar. to Apr.
 Armament2, 3: spineless
 Family1, 2, 3: Loasaceae (stick leaf family)
 Status: locally common
 Locations where collected or observed:
 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 8:1-532 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 City3 Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson |