Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

   
 

Flower and fruit. Images by Florence E. Schwein.

• Common English Names: Apache Plume
• Common Spanish Names: Poñil
• Scientific Name: Fallugia paradoxa (fah-LOO-gee-uh pair-uh-DOK-suh)
• Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)
• Geographic Range: Western Texas, westernmost Oklahoma, southern Colorado, southern and central Utah, Nevada, and southern California, south into Mexico: Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Durango to Zacatecas.
• Plant Form: Semi-evergreen shrub to 6' H x 6' to 10' W.
• Remarks: White flowers with attractive, pinkish seed plumes throughout warm season. Low to moderate water requirements, full sun to partial shade.

Last Update: 4 Jul 2002