Fallugia paradoxa

Flowers.
Grand Canyon National Park: north of Mather Campground.

1 September 2002.

Flower detail, from top image.
Note the beetles in the center of the flower.  The flower does not appear to have any pistils, and perhaps they have eaten them.

Foliage detail, same shrub as in upper images, same time.

Habit, growing in partial shade at base of juniper.

Flowers and immature fruit.

The National Park Service is attempting to restore many formerly barren areas with local native plants, and this individual was undoubtedly planted.  It is growing in a well-mulched traffic island near the Backcountry Office in Grand Canyon Village.  The planted specimens are much more robust than the wild individuals (such as the one shown at the top of this page), and they probably received too much pampering when young for the purposes of true restoration.

8 August 2002.

Habit, growing in traffic island by the Backcountry Office at Maswik Transportation Center, Grand Canyon Village, Grand Canyon National Park.
This is the same plant shown in the image immediately above, same time.

Habitat.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument: Along roadside at Cinder Hills Overlook,
at 7060 feet.  Sunset Crater Volcano in background.

14 September 2004.

Upper part of shrubs, in fruit.
Same vicinity as prior image.

14 September 2004.

Flowers and upper branches.
Same vicinity as prior image.

14 September 2004.

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.