Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Castilleja exserta ssp.exserta (Purple Owls Clover)
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Habitat: bajadas
Life Form: forb,annual Leaf Description: alternate simple Flower Color: magenta or pink Flowering Period: Mar. to May Spines: spineless Family: Orobanchaceae (broomrape family) Abundance: common Additional Information: Felger, R.S. and S. Rutman. 2016. Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora of southwestern Arizona. Part 17. Eudicots: Nyctaginaceae to Plumbaginaceae. Phytoneuron 2016-34: 1-77. Published 11 May 2016. ISSN 2153 733X page 43 (8.7 MB pdf) |
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