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Leucophyllum frutescens
Leucophyllum frutescens
Ceniza
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0617 1744 (2017-06-22)

Copyright © 2017 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Jul 18, 2015
  • latitude 29.18061   longitude 103.43049     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, 7.7 miles northeast of Castelon, 3.2 miles southwest of road to Burro Mesa, Big Bend National Park (Brewster County, Texas, US)
  • family Scrophulariaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert scrub at 2851' (867m)
  • notes   Beautiful flowering shrubs on an open, exposed, gravelly undulating plain. Volcanic substrate. Chihuahuan endemic, widespread landscape use in western states. Actual gray-green leaves obscured by dense ashy colored pubescence of short branching hairs, hence the Spanish name Ceniza (Cenizo).
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 1087
  • photo category: Plant - shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Ceniza, Texas Ranger, Purple Sage, Rain Sage (photographer)
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