Spanish Needles

Palafoxia arida
(Palafoxia linearis)

Range

Mojave and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, southern Nevada, southeastern Utah and western Arizona.

Habitat

Sandy desert roadsides, washes and flats below 3,000 feet.

Flowers

Sparse pink flower heads, 1-1/2 to 3 inches wide, bloom at the ends of upper branches May through September.

Description

This slender, erect, branched annual, a member of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae), grows 1 to 2 feet high. The sparse, lanceolate, hairy leaves are 1-1/2 to 3 inches long.

-- A.R Royo

 

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