Hoffmannseggia microphylla

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Hoffmannseggia microphylla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Hoffmannseggia
Species:
H. microphylla
Binomial name
Hoffmannseggia microphylla
Synonyms

Caesalpinia virgata

Hoffmannseggia microphylla (syn. Caesalpinia virgata) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name wand holdback. [1] It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California and grows in gullies, canyons, slopes and primarily creosote bush scrub. [2]

It is a perennial shrub that grows up to 6 ft (1.8 m) tall. [1] The stems are hairy and green and have few leaves for most of the year. Before the leaves fall, they appear as twigs lined with pairs of small oval-shaped leaflets.

The shrub flowers in scattered raceme inflorescences of red-streaked yellow flowers which age to full red. The fruit is a sickle-shaped dehiscent legume pod up to 2.5 centimeters long. It is bumpy with glands and slightly hairy.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  2. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.