Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Atamisquea emarginata (palo hediondo)
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Habitat: valleys, bajadas
Life Form: shrub Leaf Description: , simple, lepidote to smooth Flower Color: cream white or whitish Flowering Period: early summer Spines: spineless Family: Capparaceae (caper family) Abundance: rare Additional Information: Felger, R.S., S. Rutman, and J. Malusa. 2015. Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora of southwestern Arizona. Part 12. Eudicots: Campanulaceae to Cucurbitaceae. Phytoneuron 2015-21: 1-39. Published 30 March 2015. ISSN 2153 733X page 10 (4.4 MB pdf) |
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