Sabino Canyon 3/8/17
Sabino Canyon 2/19/16
Sabino Canyon 2/19/16
Sabino Canyon 3/8/17
Sabino Canyon 2/19/16
Sabino Canyon 2/19/16
Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
Arizona Grapplinghook.
Harpagonella palmeri var. arizonica.
Borage (Boraginaceae) family.
Stem ascending to erect, 3-30 cm. Leaves: cauline, often with basal rosette, generally simple, alternate; lower sometimes opposite, entire. INFLORESCENCE: cyme, pedicels in fruit 0.5-1 mm, twisted. Flowers: sepals in fruit > nutlets, upper 2 >> others, partly fused, arched over 1 nutlet, ± bur-like, with 5-10 stout spines, each with hooked bristles, lower 3 sepals distinct. Fruit: nutlets 2, 1-4 mm, dissimilar, ± oblanceolate, margins entire, nutlets 2, enclosed in distorted, spiny calyx. Misc: Dry sites in chaparral, coastal scrub, grassland; < 450 m.; Mar-Apr.
Santa Catalina Mountains
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Location: Esperero Trail 0.2 mile from tram road
2/19/16
Notes: Esperero Trail 0.1 mile further up trail 3/8/17
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