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Apache plume

Fallugia paradoxa

The Apache plume is a beautiful shrub with fluffy white flowers that turn into feathery seed heads. It grows in dry areas and is a special plant that helps the soil stay healthy.

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Apache plume is a shrub with many slender, reddish-brown branches and small, lobed green leaves. It produces abundant white, rose-like flowers with yellow centers, followed by striking fluffy, feathery seedheads that give it a distinctive plume-like appearance.

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Apache plume

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Seltenheit

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Interessante Fakten

It's part of the rose family but stands out by having no thorns!

Its beautiful blooms can appear any time from spring until the first frost!

Native American tribes historically used its strong branches for weaving baskets.

Those fluffy white "plumes" are actually the feathery tails attached to its seeds!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Desert Thriver

Apache plume has small, tough leaves that help it conserve water in dry desert environments, allowing it to thrive where others struggle.

Fähigkeit

Wind Sailor

Apache plume can produce feathery seed plumes that act like tiny parachutes, helping its seeds float away on the wind to new locations.

Fähigkeit

Rocky Resistor

Apache plume has a strong root system that anchors it in rocky soils, allowing it to access deep water and resist erosion.

Maße und Details

Höhe
100-200 cm
Ausbreitung
100-200 cm
Blütengröße
2-3 cm
Blütezeit
Late Spring to Early Fall
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Collects nectar and pollen from its flowers.

eats

Mule deer

Odocoileus hemionus

Browses its leaves and twigs.

pollinates

Rufous hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Visits flowers for nectar.

eats

Desert cottontail

Sylvilagus audubonii

Feeds on the plant's foliage.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Apache plume?

100-200 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Apache plume?

100-200 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Apache plume?

2-3 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Apache plume?

Late Spring to Early Fall

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Apache plume?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Apache plume?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Apache plume?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Apache plume?

Insekten

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