Anisacanthus thurberi (Torr.) A.Gray

Plants of Arizona
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Anisacanthus thurberi (Torr.) Gray
Family: Acanthaceae
Arizona, Cochise County; San Pedro Riparian National Conservation
Area,
Upper San Pedro River floodplain; St. David site ~2 miles south of
Curtiss Flat Rd., several hundred meters east of San Pedro, N 31°
49.114’ ,W 110° 12.836' 3645 ft.,
Habitat: growing in old irrigation ditch adjacent mesquite bosque.
Associated spp: Prosopis velutina, Baccharis emoryi, B. salicifolia,
Sorghum halapense, Acacia greggii, Rhus microphylla, Sambucus
nigra cerulea, Juglans major, Ziziphus obtusifolia, Atriplex canescens.
Notes: occasional shrub 140 cm; flowers orange, fruit explosive
Collected by: Elizabeth Makings 436 11 June 2001
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