Pringle's Cluster-vine
Jacquemontia pringlei
Photographed in Alamo Canyon, Ajo Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona. Oct. 18 2015. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
PERENNIAL: The many weak stems radiate out to a distance of almost a meter and to a height half that.
FLOWERS: Silky white flowers about 25mm across occasionally tinged with lavender. Five
stamens. Flowering in summer after summer rains. Pollinators are night-flying moths.
LEAVES: Leaves are elliptic to oval-shaped.
RANGE: In the Sonoran Desert of Arizona this plant occurs in the southern portions where summer rains are reliable. Upper edges of rocky washes and bajadas.
FRUIT: Small, dry, spherical capsules typically with two to four seeds and enclosed in a pair of bracts.
UNARMED