Sonoran Desert Naturalist >>> Field Guide >>> Sonoran Desert Flora >>> Krameriaceae
Woody shrubs mostly less than a meter tall. Purple flowers. Fruit capsules with hooked prickles. Narrowly elyptic leaves. Several species, the two common ones shown.
| Range Ratany | Krameria erecta | White Ratany | Krameria grayi | 
| Bilaterially symmetrical flowers dark purple with curiously barbed fruit capsules. Young twigs purplish with slightly sharp twig-tips. Detailed Description | Gaudy pink-purple flowers. Barbed fruit capsules have spines clustered at the end of the spine. Young twigs whitish and barely sharp. Detailed Description | ||