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Froelichia arizonica
Froelichia arizonica
Arizona Snakecotton
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0119 2616 (2019-01-23)

Copyright © 2019 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Sep 18, 2016
  • latitude 32.73380   longitude 107.57150     View on Google Maps.
  • location   State Highway NM 27 mm14, at Apache Hill, 0.9 mi. north of junction with County Road Bo05 east into Lake Valley (Sierra County, New Mexico, US)
  • family Amaranthaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert scrub at 5479' (1670m)
  • notes   tall, erect, stout stemmed perennial on calcareous slope in sandy gravels of limestone hillside. Closeup view of the tiny yellowish flowers rising from a densely woolly perianth held within 2 broad, dark (to blackish) membranous/scarious bracteoles, all radially spiraled in a terminal inflorescence spike.
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 302
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Arizona Snakecotton (photographer)
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