Canotia holacantha

Inflorescence detail.

Kingman, along Old Trails Road about 1¼ mile south of Andy Devine Avenue,
at ca. 3,290 feet elevation.

5 July 2010.

Budding and blooming inflorescences.

Same specimen as prior image.

5 July 2010.

Habitat, the subject at left.

Same specimen as prior images.

5 July 2010.

Fruit.

Same specimen as prior images.

5 July 2010.

Habit, in bloom.

South of Kingman: Along Old Trails Road about 2½ miles south of Andy Devine Avenue
at elevation ca. 3,200 feet.

5 July 2010.

Inflorescence.

Same specimen as in prior image.

5 July 2010.

Inflorescences.

Same specimen as in prior images.

5 July 2010.

Flowering branches, the road in the background.

Same specimen as in prior images.

5 July 2010.

Trunk detail.

Same specimen as in prior images.

5 July 2010.

Detail of fruiting branches, from image below.

Along US highway 93, Joshua Tree Forest Parkway, at ca. 2500-2900 feet elevation;
southwestern Yavapai County.

21 November 2004.

Fruiting branch as above.

Same plant as in prior image.

21 November 2004.

Fruiting branch detail.

Same plant as in prior image.

21 November 2004.

Habit, same plant in prior images.
Note fence post for scale.

21 November 2004.

Habit.

At Mazatzal Rest Area, near junction of state highways 87 and 188
at ca. 3200 feet.

11 April 2005.

Dry mature fruit, detail from image below.

Same location as above.

11 April 2005.

Branches with dry mature fruit.

11 April 2005.

Trunk detail, same plant as shown above.
Trunk is about three inches in diameter.

Mazatzal Rest Area.

11 April 2005.

Inflorescence detail.
Within boundaries of Coconino National Forest, along East Mingus Avenue,
about 1½ miles east of Main Street in Cottonwood, at ca. 3440 feet elevation.

8 August 2007.

Inflorescence detail.
Same shrub as in prior image.

8 August 2007.

Cotinis beetle and inflorescence.
Same shrub as in prior image.

8 August 2007.

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 9 July 2005; last revised 9 July 2010.