Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1717
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Munz, P. A. 1974. Fl. S. Calif. 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1719
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Physical Description
Type Information
Catalog Number: US 2350
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. M. Bigelow
Year Collected: 1853
Locality: Arizona, United States, North America
- Type collection: Watson, S. 1876. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 11: 122.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Crossosoma bigelovii
No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Crossosoma bigelovii
Public Records: 4
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
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Wikipedia
Crossosoma bigelovii
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Crossosoma bigelovii is one of only a few species in the flowering plant family Crossosomataceae. It is known by the common name ragged rockflower and it is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of North America. It is a shrub growing one to two meters tall. It is intricately divided into thorn-tipped branches lined with clusters of small, deciduous, gray-green leaves no longer than about 1.5 centimeters. The inflorescence bears a single flower, which has white to purple-tinged petals about a centimeter long and narrowing to claws at their bases.
Uses
Ragged rockflower is occasionally used in naturalistic landscaping. It can be grown from seed in well-drained soil in the desert butterfly garden. It is a difficult plant for the average homeowner to grow as over watering will kill it.[1]
References
- ^ Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening in Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Press. Tucson, AZ.
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