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Trailing Windmills, Trailing Four-o'clock

Allionia incarnata

Description:

Each 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide flower is actually a cluster of 3 bilaterally symmetric flowers. The flowers emerge from the leaf axils and have deeply scalloped petals. The flowers are followed by 5-ribbed fruit with a deeply convex stem end and 0 (common) to 4 teeth on each rib. The leaves are green, hairy, oval-shaped, and paired opposite each other but unequal in size. The leaves near the base of the plant are the largest. The stems are plump, trailing, and often reddish in color. Both the leaves and stems are hairy and sticky.

Habitat:

Rocky desert hillside.

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joanbstanley
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joanbstanley

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Oct 18, 2015
Submitted on Jan 17, 2016

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