Thurber's Desert-Peony
Acourtia thurberi
Sycamore Canyon, Sta. Cruz Co., Arizona, USA. 25 Sept. 2016.
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LEAVES: The stiff, ovate leaves have wavy margins that are also serrate. The leaves can appear crowded on the stems and decrease in size towards top.
RANGE: In Arizona this plant is restricted to moist lower canyons of southeastern Arizona. Ranges into Mexico and New Mexico.
PERENNIAL: Above ground portions are entirely herbaceous but regrow each season with summer rains
from a tough root stock. To nearly 2 m tall.
FLOWERS: The florets of the head are all two-lipped and very sweetly fragrant. Highly attractive to a variety of insect pollinators.
PHYLLARIES: The phyllaries are also colored pink from the midpoint; several uneven rows.
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