Apache Plumes
Fallugia paradoxa

Family: Rose (Rosaceae)
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Photo taken on: May 23, 2008
Location: White Rock, NM
Life Zones: Plains to montane
Habitat: Dry mesas and exposed slopes

A shrub growing to 5ft tall and several feet wide with whitish twigs and small, deeply divided leaves. Flowers are 1"-2" across and produce fruits with feathery plumes.

Photo taken on: May 25, 2008
Location: Bandelier Nat Mon, NM

Photo taken on: June 6, 2014
Location: Plaza Blanca, Abiquiu, NM

Flora of North America reference.