Froelichia arizonica |
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Arizona Snake-cotton |
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Habit | Plants perennial; taproot enlarged, woody. |
Stems | 1–several, ascending or decumbent, often branched distally, 3–10 dm, sericeous-tomentose with white hairs. |
Leaves | usually crowded at base, few on stems, sessile or short-petiolate; blade lanceolate, proximal leaves 3–12 × 0.5–2.5 cm, base attenuate, apex acute or rarely obtuse, scaberulous or canescent adaxially, sericeous-tomentose with bright whitish hairs abaxially. |
Spikes | dense, stout, flowers arranged in 3-ranked spiral; bracteoles dark, glabrous. |
Flowers | (3.5–)4–5.5 mm; perianth lobes narrowly oblong, apex obtuse, or acutish, pubescence dense, bright white; filament lobes stramineous or darkened, blunt. |
Utricles | narrowly or broadly winged laterally, 2.5–5.5 × 3–4.5 mm, longer than broad, wing margins irregularly dentate, 1 or both surfaces of perianth with 1 or more basal tubercles or spines. |
Froelichia arizonica |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. |
Habitat | Open rocky or gravelly hillsides |
Elevation | 700-2200 m (2300-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León)
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 445. |
Parent taxa | Amaranthaceae > Froelichia |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Thornber ex Standley: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 128. (1917) |
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