| Palafoxia arida | |
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| Palafoxia arida var. arida (autonym) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Palafoxia |
| Species: | P. arida |
| Binomial name | |
| Palafoxia arida | |
Palafoxia arida is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, known by the common names desert palafox and Spanish needle.
It is native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert ecoregions of California, the Southwestern United States, and northwestern Mexico.
Palafoxia arida is an annual herb producing an erect, branching, glandular stem. The rough-haired leaves are linear or lance-shaped and may exceed 10 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is an array of up to 40 flower heads. The cylindrical heads are about 2 to 3 centimeters long, lined with long, pointed phyllaries, and bearing up to 40 pink or white tubular disc florets.
The fruit is an achene over a centimeter long including the pappus.
There are two varieties that are no longer accepted:
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