Sabino Canyon Recreation Area. 11/14/15.
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Sabino Canyon 6/3/19 mature fruit
Sabino Canyon 6/3/19 mature fruit
Sabino Canyon 6/3/19 mature fruit
Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
Creosote Bush.
Larrea tridentata.
Caltrop (Zygophyllaceae) family.
An abundant and widespread shrub. After a rain, the pungent odor of creosote is familiar to desert dwellers. The flowers are up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide and have 5 twisted petals. The flowers are followed by round, lobed, hairy, white seed capsules. The small, paired leaves are actually a single leaf with 2 split leaflets joined at the base. The leaves are shiny, green, thickened, and waxy-feeling. The branches are gray-brown. These tough, clone-forming shrubs are extremely long-lived, potentially living for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Saguaro National Park East
3/21/15
Notes: Specimen in studio 11/14/15.
Sabino Canyon 6/3/19 mature fruit.
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