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U.S. Wildflowers Reference List: Arizona — Reference List of websites for Arizona Wildflower Identification. Pima Community College. Common Wildflowers of Tucson. Floras - Arizona Native Plant Society; USDA Plants Database — plant profiles search engine, by common or botanical names, or by U.S. state.
Desert Senna flower, Water Ranch Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, Arizona. Senna covesii (desert senna, Coues' senna, [1] rattleweed, rattlebox, dais, or cove senna) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert in southeastern California, southern Nevada, and Arizona in the United States, and northern Baja California in Mexico.
Senna wislizeni, commonly called Wislizenus' senna [1] or shrubby senna (formerly "cassia", but this generally refers to larger Cassiinae).Formerly in the "wastebin taxon" Cassia sensu lato, it is now placed in the genus Senna or sometimes separated in Palmerocassia together with Senna unijuga.
Brittlebush flower, in Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona. Brittlebush grows up to 30 to 150 centimetres (12 to 59 inches) tall, [1] with fragrant leaves3–10 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –4 in) long, ovate to deltoid, and silvery tomentose. [2] Arranged in loose panicles above the leafy stems, the capitula are 3–3.5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in ...
The saguaro blossom is the state wildflower of Arizona. Its scientific name is given in honor of Andrew Carnegie. In 1933, Saguaro National Park, near Tucson, Arizona, was designated to help protect this species and its habitat. Some saguaros are cristate or "crested" due to fasciation. A house sparrow nesting on a saguaro cactus
The Wacks actually spent little time in Tucson. By the end of World War II the home had exchanged hands several times, until in 1948, Colonel Robert Bagnell, a board member of the Tucson Red Cross and his wife Eugenia Sullivan Bagnell bought the Wack's 80-acre parcel. Known as “Las Palmas” during the Bagnell's tenure, the house had a rose ...
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The species is a shrub that grows up to 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) tall. It is intricately divided into thorn-tipped branches lined with clusters of small, deciduous, gray-green leaves no longer than about 1.5 centimeters.