Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Monolepis nuttalliana (Poverty weed,patata)
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Habitat: saline valley bottoms
Life Form: forb,annual Leaf Description: alternate simple succulent Flower Color: greenish or green Flowering Period: Jan. to Apr. Spines: spineless Family: Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) Abundance: locally 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 40 (8.5 MB pdf) |
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