Iodine Bush - Allenrolfea occidentalis

Photograph courtesy of The Vascular Plant Herbarium, Arizona State University
Flowering Period in Southern Arizona:  July - November.  Mainly in alkaline salt flats and plains of Sagebrush and
Mojavean Deserts, Gila and Little Colorado River drainage.  Pickleweed, chico.  Shrub up to 3 ft high.
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