Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Above is the characteristic fruit with plumose styles. Found on a rocky terrace near Devil's Canyon, Pinal Co., Arizona. June 2011. 2011. The open bloom below was at Kitty Joe Canyon, Four Peaks, Maricopa Co., Arizona on 1 Sept. 2017.
FRUIT: The mature fruit consists of several to quite a number of seed
capsules topped by the old style that has become a long, silky plume.
FLOWERS: There are five white petals surrounding a center of numerous
stamens and pistils. Blooming is in mid to late spring.
LEAVES: The leaves are divided into linear segments that are shiny and
dark green.
RANGE: Fairly common on dry terraces and canyon slopes from California
to Texas. A component of chaparral and open oak woodlands.
SHRUB: A medium-sized shrub with numerous slender twigs sometimes
forming thickets.
UNARMED: The plant lacks thorns.