Beautiful shrub at the Grand Canyon

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  1. hophunter13

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    I took a picture of this plant at the Grand Canyon and can't find it anywhere on the internet. It has these wonderful flowers with these feather like extensions. Does anyone know what this is?

    http://i47.tinypic.com/24mt7ac.jpg
     
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    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Might be running into difficulty identifying it because the feather-like extensions are actually part of the fruit. Look up Fallugia paradoxa, aka Apache plume
     
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    Excellent! I think I was actually looking at this one earlier but wasn't finding any images that were similar to the one I have. All of the images I saw had very dense styles. This is definitely it though. Thanks!
     
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    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Yep, I know what you mean re: density -- but I think it has started to lose some fruits. The other group I was looking at was Cercocarpus, but the leaves are different for all of the known species from Arizona.
     
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    Andrey Zharkikh Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Purshia
    most probably, Purshia stansburiana

    Fallugia paradoxa has more abundant and pinkish plumes.
     
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    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Gah! Darn those tricky Rosaceae. Yes, you're right.
     
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    BC has only Purshia tridentata which is without such beautiful plumes. We have both these species in N Utah.
     
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    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Clearly I need to get out more.
     

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