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Sonoran Desert Plants
Tidestromia lanuginosa ssp. Eliassoniana (Woolly Honeysweet,Hierba ceniza,hierba lanuda)

Coffee Pot Mountain

 

 Tidestromia lanuginosa ssp. Eliassoniana

 Tidestromia lanuginosa ssp. Eliassoniana

 Tidestromia lanuginosa ssp. Eliassoniana

 Tidestromia lanuginosa ssp. Eliassoniana

 Tidestromia lanuginosa ssp. Eliassoniana

Habitat: bajadas,valleys
Life Form: forb,annual
Leaf Description: opposite simple
Flower Color: yellow
Flowering Period: most of year
Spines: spineless
Family: Amaranthaceae (amaranth family)
Abundance: common
Additional Information:
Felger, R.S., S. Rutman, and J. Malusa. 2014. Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: Flora of Southwestern Arizona: Part 8. Eudicots: Acanthaceae to Apocynaceae. Phytoneuron 2014-85, 1-71 page 44 (8.5 MB pdf)

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