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Psilostrophe cooperi
The flower heads are 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide and have 3 to 6, rounded, cupped, three-toothed rays. The flowers dry to a papery cream color on the plant. The leaves are grayish green, linear, and opposite. The distinctive stems are fuzzy and greenish white in color.
Sabino Canyon is a natural desert oasis located in Tucson’s Coronado National Forest and is home to spectacular desert landscapes and abundant wildlife. During the winter and summer rainy seasons, pools of water form in rocky outcroppings that wind up among hillsides resplendent with palo verde trees, cholla and prickly pear cactus and graceful groves of ocotillo.
Spotted on Nov 2, 2014
Submitted on Dec 14, 2014
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