efloras

Chamasyce

albomarginata

Rattlesnake Weed

 

Chamasyce albomarginata, Rattlesnake Weed, growing east of Sheep Bridge, Arizona, elevation 2,420 feet, March 15, 2005.

Chamasyce

 

parishii

Parish's Sandmat

 

 

 

Chamasyce parishii (ground fig), Parish's Sandmat, growing in desert pavement near the roadside at Titus Canyon turnoff, Death Valley, California at 140 foot elevation, March 17, 2007.
Chamasyce

prostrata

 

 

 

Chamasyce prostrata, growing on sand dunes by the Colorado River, 2,540 feet, March 31, 2003.
Chamasyce serpyllifolia

Forms rolific ground cover following heavy summer rains, West Sandia Mountain Foothils at base of EmbuditoTrail, granite outwash, growing in mats, mat height 6 inches, leaves mostly opposite, a few fasicled. Flower width is less than 1mm, stem leaves 9mm long and 3 mm. wide.