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Proboscidea althaeifolia
Cuernitos
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Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson
ID: 0000 0000 0118 1911 (2018-01-23)Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson
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date of photo Oct 2, 2013
latitude 31.39520 longitude 106.46270
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location
Federal Highway MX 45, km 327, 3.8 miles north of paved road west into Samalayuca, 1.5 miles south of Concrete plant & quarries (Mcp. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico)family
Martyniaceae
plant community Chihuahuan Desert sand scrub on semi-stabilized sand dunes at 4115' (1254m)notes yellow flowered clumping-trailing perennial on pale reddish quartz sands of colorful an outlier of low semi-stabilized dunes, north of the active dune field in the Médanos de Samalayuca Natural Protected Area. Useful, underrated plant. Distinctive fruit harvested by native peoples for edible pods when young, seeds mashed for a useful nutritious oil, dehiscent pods stripped for basket fibers and for curiosity's sake by everyone else.keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert, Samalayuca
contributor's ID # CDR 83 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
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| common names
Cuernitos, Una del Diablo. Devil's Claw, Unicorn Plant (photographer)
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