Sabino Canyon 4/5/15
Sabino Canyon 2/2/16
Sabino Canyon 2/2/16
Sabino Canyon 2/2/16
Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
Popcorn Flower.
Cryptantha angustifolia
Borage (Boraginaceae) family.
Blooms in sandy places. Angustifolia is one of many species differentiated on basis of seed characteristics. The flowers are small, tubular, 5-lobed, and in hairy, terminal-coiling flower cymes. The flowers are followed by tiny nutlets. The leaves are green, usually hairy or bristly, opposite to alternate, and elongated in shape.
Saguaro National Park East
3/21/15
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