Parkinsonia florida (Palo Verde)

 4/3/11 Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA

 4/3/11 Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA

 4/3/11 Meccacopia Trailhead, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA

4/3/11 Shaver's Well, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA

4/3/11 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA 

4/3/11 Shaver's Valley

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Palo Verde

SPECIES: Parkinsonia florida

FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2011

LOCATION: Meccacopia Trailhead, Box Canyon Road, Eastern Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Tree generally < 8 m, with thorns in leaf axils; branches spreading, +- zigzagged, +- glabrous. 

Leaf: petioled, blue-green; 1° leaflets 1 pair, axis < 1 cm; 2° leaflets 2--6, 4--8 mm. 

Flower: corolla 2--2.5 cm, banner 9--15 mm, widely ovate, yellow, orange-dotted or not. 

Fruit: indehiscent, 3--10 cm, flat, tan, +- not narrowed between seeds; tip beak-like. 

Ecology: Uncommon. Washes, floodplains; 

Elevation: +- 1100 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Arizona, northwestern Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Apr--May (generally 2 weeks before Parkinsonia microphylla) 

Synonyms: Cercidium floridum Benth. ex A. Gray; Cercidium floridum subsp. floridum; 

eFlora Treatment Author: Martin F. Wojciechowski