Fallugia paradoxa

Species category

Revegetation or Rangeland, Shrub or Tree, Weed

Common name

Apache plume

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.

Size

  • Length 3.5–4 mm
  • Width 1–1.2 mm
  • Thickness 1–1.2 mm

Color

Light brown

Texture

AppressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
hairs

Other structures

Long awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).

Identification notes

BasalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
end is sharply pointed

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Rosaceae

Valid name

Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr.

 Fallugia paradoxa.  Achenes with a long awn.
Fallugia paradoxa. Achenes with a long awn.