WebBrowse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Pholisma Species, Desert Christmas Tree, Purple Sand Food, Scaly-Stemmed Sand Plant (Pholisma arenarium) … WebPholistoma. Pholistoma is a small genus of flowering plants in the borage family known generally as fiestaflowers. There are three species, all native to a section of western North …
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WebApr 8, 1995 · More Accounts and Images: Pholisma sonorae (Torr. ex A. Gray) Yatsk.. View photographs from CalPhotos.. View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.. View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).. View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) … Pholisma sonorae, commonly known as sandfood, is a rare and unusual species of flowering plant endemic to the Sonoran Deserts to the west of Yuma, Arizona in the California Yuha, Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert, and south in the Yuma Desert, where it is known from only a few locations. See more Pholisma sonorae is a perennial herb which grows in sand dunes, its fleshy stem extending up to two meters (six feet) below the surface and emerging above as a small rounded or ovate form. It may be somewhat See more This was an important food item for certain desert-dwelling Native American peoples, including the Cocopah and the Hia C-eḍ O'odham. See more • Jepson Manual Treatment - Pholisma sonorae • USDA Plants Profile; Pholisma sonorae • Pholisma sonorae - Photo gallery See more The plant is rare as its habitat of shifting dune sands has been depleted by development. See more guaranteed output current of 3a
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WebApr 21, 2005 · Pholisma sonorae (sand food) is a rare plant found in the deserts of southeastern California, Arizona, and El Gran Diesierto in Sonora, Mexico. This parasitic plant has a long stem that reaches about 6 feet below the surface where it attaches to the root of a nearby host plant such as desert buckwheat. Photo credit: USFWS/Jim A. Bartel WebPholisma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. For more multimedia, look at Pholisma on Wikimedia Commons . The genus Pholisma (Nutt. ex Hook.) consists of three to five species of desert-dwelling, primarily subterranean plants. Most notable of the genus is Pholisma sonorae, native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. The species is without chlorophyll and lives as a parasite on the roots of a number of desert species. Pholisma belongs to the fa… guaranteed output current