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blue palo verde

Parkinsonia florida

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 213, February 195, March 258, April 462, May 313, June 153, July 189, August 256, September 169, October 192, November 165, December 186.
United States4,969
Arizona4,613
California2,323
Mexico421
Baja California Sur283
Sonora98
Nevada43
Baja California34
Sinaloa6
New Mexico4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Tree growth formListed by a harvested source as having a tree growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genuspalo verde · Parkinsonia

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