Habitat: rocky slopes,bajadas
Life Form: shrub,low
Leaf Description: alternate simple revolute
Flower Color: pink or pinkish or magenta
Flowering Period: Mar. to June
Spines: spineless
Family: Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
Abundance: common,widespread
Additional Information:
Felger, R.S. and S. Rutman. 2015. Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: Flora of Southwestern Arizona Part 19. Eudicots: Polygalaceae to Simmondsiaceae. Phytoneuron 2016-47: 1-71. Published 23 June 2016. ISSN 2153 733X page 13 (13.7 MB pdf)