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I need help id'ing this plant...
Any ideas? Found it up near Page at the Horseshoe Bend overlook. Only thing in bloom - pretty sure I've never seen this before (at least not in bloom). No visible leaves on plant - just succulent stems like a ephedra or koeberlinia... But these crazy purple flowers? Wow! Any ideas???
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Re: I need help id'ing this plant...
Rob just added that one to the database a couple days ago
http://hikearizona.com/dexcoder.php?dex=1&PID=909
http://hikearizona.com/dexcoder.php?dex=1&PID=909
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Re: I need help id'ing this plant...
Perfect!
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Re: I need help id'ing this plant...
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
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
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Re: I need help id'ing this plant...
OK, but why does it look so much like Ephedra (Mormon Tea) in those photos?
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Re: I need help id'ing this plant...
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
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
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Re: I need help id'ing this plant...
Ok, thanks--just wondering!
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Re: I need help id'ing this plant...
Welcome aboard. Your skills will be appreciated. Any help you can lend on the unidentified flora will be very helpful. Anybody that can explain convergent evolution gets a round of applausekeep hiking wrote:hi- new to the board-
havent introduced myself but im a plant savy hiker--
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