Thanks for playing folks.
The clues might be hard to folllow if your not into plants.
Ill try and make the next one more user friendly

we have a winner!
Bursera microphylla it is.
Bursera is a sapindale, and is in the same order as rutaceae, or the citrus family.
Here are some other photos i took last week while out and about.

a final pic.
This one really gives it away !

absolutely not a jackaranda. Ok, another clue. AZ native plant-rare but common where found. typically diocious, but perfect flowers where populations are limited. I find it commonly growing next to your sonoran desert plants, with ocotillo and Lycium andersoni being the most common players i find it...

well ill spit out the answer in a few more days.
Glad ive got the wheels turning for you!

Your along the right line.
there is a defeintly a clue in your answer, and thats all I can say. ;)

try again

Hi.
Can you name this plant
Ill give you a clue, I its distantly related to an lemon tree

thats because it is primarly crepuscular during this time of year

Hi- I know im late to the discussion but id like to clear something up there are 3 plants in arizona that are known as the "crucifiction thorn" Depending on what part of the state your in may refer more to the local variety. Now you all see to know Canotia and Castella emoryii, but there i...

they do look similar- convergent evolution to living in that habitat?
remember that ephedra is a gymnosperm( nonflowering) and thamnosma is a angiosperm- (flowering)- see the pretty purple flowers
http://www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THMO

hi- new to the board-
havent introduced myself but im a plant savy hiker--

that is Thamnosma montana
- The common name is Turpetine broom-
its very aromatic
http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fiel ... ntana.html