Feather Bush
Desert Fern
Lysiloma watsonii
(L. microphylla)
Drawn from specimen growing at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.
LEAVES: Large
compound leaves are dissected into many very small leaflets giving the whole
plant a feathery or fern-like appearance.
RANGE: In Sonoran Desert of Arizona this plant was originally restricted
to foothill areas east of Tucson. But it has now been widely cultivated and is
a very common landscape tree in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.
SHRUB/small TREE: Rarely exceed 5 meters
in height. Often with multiple trunks from base.
FLOWERS: Spherical inflorescence of numerous flowers with long whitish
stamens appearing as a fluff ball 15 mm dia.
FRUIT: Flattened bean pods with numerous seeds.
UNARMED