PLANTS Profile for Proboscidea althaeifolia (desert unicorn-plant)

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Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne.
desert unicorn-plant

Symbol:

PRAL4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Pedaliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne.

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Synonyms:
Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne.

	MAAL10	Martynia althaeifolia Benth.
	MAAR10	Martynia arenaria Engelm.
	PRAR	Proboscidea arenaria (Engelm.) Decne.

Distribution:
Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne.


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne.

View 7 genera in Pedaliaceae, 5 species in Proboscidea

Classification:
Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Pedaliaceae – Sesame family
Genus	Proboscidea Schmidel – unicorn-plant
Species	Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne. – desert unicorn-plant

More Accounts and Images:
Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Decne.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504613.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 10:03 AM CDT