General: Sticky Fagonbush (Fagonia pachyacantha) is a wispy little perennial forb or subshrub that has leaves divided into leaflets of three, an angular branching pattern, and grooved stems. The flowers are purple and have five petals. Leaves have long stipular spines.

Sticky Fagonbush is an uncommon component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained sandy and gravelly soils on desert flats and lower bajadas in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats) life zones.

Around Las Vegas, look for Sticky Fagonbush south of town in California and Arizona.

Family: Caltrop (Zygophyllaceae)