Habit and habitat.
Walnut Canyon National Monument: Along Island Trail at ca. 6600 feet elevation.
25 September 2005.
Fruiting pads.
Same plant as in prior image.
25 September 2005.
Fruit detail.
Same plant as in prior image.
25 September 2005.
Habit and habitat.
Along Historic Route 66, about three miles north of Valentine ca. 4200 feet elevation, Mohave County.
16 October 2004.
Pad of same plant as in prior image.
16 October 2004.
Spine detail, same plant as in prior images.
The smaller "spines" are termed "glochids".
16 October 2004.
Glochid detail, same plant as in prior images.
The glochids may defend the plant even more effectively than the spines, since
if you brush against them they are more irritating and numerous than the spines.
16 October 2004.
Habitat, scattered across hillside in background.
Same vicinity as prior images.
16 October 2004.
Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann
This page last revised 22 July 2006.
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