Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Plumbago zeylanica (Doctor-bush,estrenina)
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Habitat: mountains
Life Form: subshrub Leaf Description: alternate,simple,entire Flower Color: white or whitish to blue or violet or indigo Flowering Period: May to Sept. Spines: spineless Family: Plumbaginaceae (leadwort family) Abundance: rare 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 73 (8.7 MB pdf) |
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