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Bush Arrowleaf (Pleurocoronis pluriseta)
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Bush Arrowleaf (Pleurocoronis pluriseta)

General: Bush Arrowleaf (Pleurocoronis pluriseta) is a spindly subshrub of damp places. The leaves have very long petioles, and the blade is small and arrowhead shaped.

Bush Arrowleaf is a fairly common component of vegetation communities in wet or damp places, including places such as rocky, north-facing (therefore cooler) rock faces in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats) and Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub) life zones.

Family: Sunflower (Asteraceae)

Bush Arrowleaf (Pleurocoronis pluriseta)

Other Names: Hofmeisteria pluriseta

Plant Form: Usually a small, spindly shrub

Height: to about 2 feet tall

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Stems:

Leaves: Arrowhead shapes with a long petiole

Flowers:

Bush Arrowleaf (Pleurocoronis pluriseta)

Seeds:

Habitat: damp or cooler microhabitats

Elevation: to about 4,000 ft

Distribution: California to Utah and Arizona

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