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Fallugia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Fallugia paradoxa, which is known by the common names Apache plume and póñil. This plant is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is found in arid habitats such as desert woodlands and scrub.

Fallugia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Rosoideae
Tribe:	Colurieae
Genus:	Fallugia Endl.
Species:	F. paradoxa
Binomial name
Fallugia paradoxa (D.Don) Endl.

Description

Fallugia paradoxa is an erect shrub not exceeding two meters in height. It has light gray or whitish peeling bark on its many thin branches. The leaves are each about a centimeter long and deeply lobed with the edges rolled under. The upper surface of the leaf is green and hairy while the underside is duller in color and scaly.

The flower is roselike when new, with rounded white petals and a center filled with many thready stamens and pistils. The ovary of the flower remains after the white petals fall away, leaving many plumelike lavender styles, each 3 to 5 centimeters long. The plant may be covered with these dark pinkish clusters of curling, feathery styles after flowering. Each style is attached to a developing fruit, which is a small achene. The fruit is dispersed when the wind catches the styles and blows them away. Wasps such as Polistes instabilis commonly feed on its nectar.

Uses

Fallugia paradoxa is considered valuable for erosion control in desert areas where it grows.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fallugia paradoxa.

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Fallugia paradoxa
• USDA Plants Profile; Fallugia paradoxa
• Ecology
• Fallugia paradoxa - Photo gallery

На других языках

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- [en] Fallugia

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[es] Fallugia

Fallugia es un género de plantas con flores con dos especies, perteneciente a la familia (Rosaceae).[1] Nativo del desierto del sur de California hasta Texas.

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[ru] Фаллуджия

Фаллу́джия, также фаллу́гия, фаллю́гия[2] (лат. Fallugia), — монотипный род цветковых растений в составе семейства Розовые (Rosaceae). Единственный вид — Фаллуджия удивительная, или Фаллюгия странная[2] (Fallugia paradoxa).

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