Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
		
Devil's Claw. 
		
Proboscidea parviflora. 
		
Unicorn-plant (Martyniaceae) family.
	
 	 
		
			The flowers are broadly tubular, 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, glandular-hairy, and have 5 rounded lobes and a bright yellow nectar guide. The top 2 flower lobes often have magenta blotches. The flowers are followed by long, green, hairy, tapering fruits with a single curved "horn" that splits in half when dry to form 2 long, sharp, wooden "claws". The leaves are green, hairy, sticky, entire to shallowly lobed, and rounded, triangular-ovate, or heart-shaped. The stems are plump, hairy, green to tan in color, and erect or spreading.
				
				
Santa Catalina Mountains
				
Molino Basin.
				
Location: At end of campground road at trailhead.
				
9/29/16
				
						
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