Mala-Mujer
Cnidoscolus angustidens
On a rocky slope near Josephine Canyon, Sta. Rita Mts., Arizona, USA. 30 July 2013.
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LEAVES: White veins and white needle-spines make the deeply lobed,
dark green leaves very conspicuous. The needles deliver stinging chemicals into the skin if
one is careless enough to brush against them.
RANGE: In Arizona this plant is restricted to lower canyons and slopes of the Sky
Island Mountains in the southeast. Ranges into Mexico.
PERENNIAL: Above ground portions are mostly herbaceous and mostly less than a meter
tall.
FLOWERS: Bright white flowers appear after summer rains.
FRUIT: Like most euphorbs, the capsules are three-parted, but these are also set
with stingin hairs.
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