Pholisma arenarium
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440477b18fc0933038861 |
| Scientific name | Pholisma arenarium |
| Authority | Nutt. |
| First published in | Hooker's Icon. Pl. 7: t. 626 (1844) |
Description Top
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Pholisma arenarium, also known as desert Christmas tree or purple sand food, is a flowering plant in the borage family. It is found in northwestern Mexico, Arizona, and southern California, growing in various habitats such as deserts, chaparral, and sandy coastal dunes. This fleshy perennial herb has an edible root that resembles a loaf and can grow up to 30 centimeters tall. As a parasitic plant, it relies on other shrubs for nutrients and lacks chlorophyll, giving it a brownish-gray or whitish color. The plant has hairy, pointed leaves and produces small purple flowers with a white margin.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Pholisma paniculatum | B.C.Templeton | Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 37: 98 (1938) |
| Pholisma depressum | Greene | Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 198 (1885) |
| Lennoa arenaria | E.Fourn. | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 16: 11 (1869) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | desert christmas tree |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Northern America click to expand
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Mexico
- Mexico Northwest
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Southwestern U.S.A.
- California
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0001072650 |
| USDA Plants | PHAR5 |
| Tropicos | 18200002 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526307-1 |
| The Plant List | tro-18200002 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 824968 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 48517 |
| Nature Serve | 2.145705 |
| IPNI | 526307-1 |
| iNaturalist | 78556 |
| GBIF | 2926384 |
| Freebase | /m/0b6l16x |
| EOL | 580399 |
| Calflora (Californian flora) | 6451 |
| USDA GRIN | 450365 |
| Wikipedia | Pholisma_arenarium |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |