#fallugia

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Fallugia paradoxa

This shrub belongs to the Rose Family (Rosaceae), and is found in many parts of the southwestern United States, as well as to the south in northern Mexico. It has attractive small white flowers during the warm months of the year, and these are followed by seeds which have long feathery appendages designed for airborne dispersal. These seed heads are the source of its common name, Apache Plume.

Brian

[awkwardbotany]

Seed head of apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/fallugia_paradoxa.shtml