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Parkinsonia aculeata may be a spiny shrub or a small tree. It grows 2 to 8 m (6.6 to 26.2 ft) high, with a maximum height of 10 metres (33 ft). Palo verde may have single or multiple stems and many branches with pendulous leaves. The leaves and stems are hairless. The leaves are alternate and pennate (15 to 20 cm long).
Parkinsonia / ˌ p ɑːr k ɪ n ˈ s oʊ n i ə /, also Cercidium / s ər ˈ s ɪ d i əm /, [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae.It contains about 12 species that are native to semi-desert regions of Africa and the Americas.
Parkinsonia microphylla, the yellow paloverde, foothill paloverde or little-leaved palo verde; syn. Cercidium microphyllum), is a species of palo verde.. It is native to the Southwestern United States in southeastern California and southern Arizona; and to northwest Mexico in the states of Sinaloa, Sonora, and Baja California.
Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis .
Palo Verde (Spanish for "Green Stick"; Mojave: Hanyomalivah) [4] [1] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California.Its name comes from the native desert tree, Palo Verde (Parkinsonia Florida), which in turn takes its name from the Spanish for stick (palo) and green (verde), sharing its name with the Palo Verde Valley, the valley it is located.
Arts, entertainment, and media "Palo Verde", a song by The Fireman from the album Rushes (1998); Biology. Palo verde beetle, a species of longhorn beetle; Parkinsonia, a genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as palo verde
Parkinsonia praecox (syn. Cercidium praecox), the palo brea or Sonoran palo verde, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [3] It is native to the dry Neotropics from Mexico to Argentina. [2] A small tree reaching 6 to 9 m (20 to 30 ft), it is usually a bit wider than it is tall. [3]
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).