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Habitat: valley washes
Life Form: medium shrub
Leaf Description: alternate simple leaves
Pollinator: bees, flies, butterflies, wasps
Flower Color: white
Flowering Period: Sept. to Feb.
Spines: spineless
Family: Asteraceae (sunflower family)
Abundance: common
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References
"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
page 883
"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
plate 265
page 260
"Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", Judy Mielke, 1993, University of Texas Press, Austin
page 86
page 89
"100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest", Janice Emily Bowers, 1989, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
page 23
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert", Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Steven J. Phillips, Patricia Wentworth Comus. 2000. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, Tucson
page 174
"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
page 120
page 95
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Thomas R. Powell
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