Rosaceae FAMILY
Fallugia paradoxa
Fallugia paradoxa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Fallugia paradoxa is a deciduous shrub producing rhizomes in sandy soils; it produces from 1 - 20 or more stems, usually growing around 100 - 200cm tall, occasionally up to 350cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeSouth-western N. America - California, Nevada, Utah, Colarado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, northern Mexico.
HabitatDry sun-baked rocky hills[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. Desert scrub in sandy to rocky (rarely clay) drainages, or sandy-loamy to rocky uplands in grasslands, chaparral, pinyon-oak, juniper, or ponderosa pine woodlands; at elevations from 200 - 2,800 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].