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Flower Camp Verde area - Sue Smith		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Allionia incarnata - trailing windmills Synonyms: Allionia craterimorpha, Allionia incarnata var. nudata Other Common Names: windmills, pink three-flower, allionia, trailing four o'clock Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Nyctaginaceae
Flower Camp Verde area - Sue Smith


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial
General Desc: A ground hugging trailing plant with brilliant deep pink flowers. It blooms after rain in all but the coldest weather. Stems and leaves are sticky.
Identification notes: Perennial with sprawling hairy stems. Leaves opposite, hairy and oval, lower surfaces paler than upper, leaf stalks shorter than leaves, margins sometimes wavy and whitish to reddish. Pinkish-purple flowers born in tight clusters of 3 in leaf axils.
Height: Trailing 1 to 5 feet long

Habitat

Habitat Description: Found in sandy or rocky soil.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: Below 6000 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Pinkish-purple Shape: Regular not in clusters Tubular: N Flowering Period: Apr - Nov
Description: 3 irregular flowers are so close together they appear as one simple (regular) flower up to 1 inch wide with a magenta and yellow center. Flowers are found in leaf axils.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Dull green Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Shape: Round or oval Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Opposite Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaves sometimes have wavy margins, are sticky and hairy and often covered with sand. The leaf color is dull green on the upper surface and gray beneath. Tips are usually pointed, edges smooth or wavy. Pairs of leaves are unequal in size.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Inner side 3-nerved and the margins often with 3-5 broad, incurved teeth.


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