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Leaves Castle Hot Springs Rd
Sue Smith | Leaves Hwy 96
Sue Smith | Flowers Hwy 96
Sue Smith | Flowers Hwy 96
Sue Smith | Flowers Hwy 96
Sue Smith | |
Origin: Native
General Description: Deciduous. Shrub to small tree with numerous, simple, erect, thorny branches. Canes are leafless most of the year but bright green leaves appear after heavy rains. During arid conditions leaves will turn yellow and fall.
Identification notes: Tall, many stemmed plant; stems unbranched and cane-like, erect to ascending, covered with thorns; leaves wide, ovate, tips rounded or notched, appear after rain, fleshy; reddish-orange flowers in branched clusters at branch tips; 3-valved capsule fruit.
Height: 6-1/2 to 20 feet Width: Unavailable
Habitat Description: Desert, prefers rocky, well drained slopes.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 0 - 5000 feet
Color: Red, reddish-orange Shape: Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Mar - Jul
Description: Flowers about 1 inch long in clusters to 10 inches long at the tips of canes in dense elongated clusters, with conspicuous leafy bracts that fall off when flowers mature; flowers have 5 reflexed lobes.
Leaf Color: Green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Smooth Attachment: Other Hairs: N
Description: 1/3 to 3/4 inch long and 1/8 to 1/3 inch wide. Tips are rounded or notched. Appear in bunches above spines.
Color: Light brown Type: Capsule Description: Approximately 1/3 to 2/3 inch long, 3-valved with white seeds.
Bark Color: Gray Bark Texture (Mature): Rough Bark and Branch Description: Gray with darker furrows. Spines on stems.
Spines, thorns or prickles: Y |
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