Slender Janusia

Description:

The flowers are up to 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) wide and have 5 wrinkled, spoon-shaped petals. The flowers are followed by 3-winged, usually reddish, hairy seedpods. The leaves are green, hairy, opposite, and narrowly lanceolate in shape. The slender, hairy stems twine through other plants. Barbados Cherry family.

Habitat:

Rocky desert hillside.

Notes:

Slender Janusia is rare in the United States but locally common where found in Arizona. The species Cottsia gracilis has recently undergone a taxonomic change from the genus Janusia to the genus Cottsia, some authorities consider this change unresolved.