Plant Name
Scientific Name: Carlowrightia arizonica
Common Names: Arizona Wrightwort, Arizona Carlowrightia
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert
Flower Color: White
Flowering Season: Spring
Height: To 3 feet (91 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide and have 2 stamens, 2 lateral petal lobes, 2 upper lobes that are fused together, and a keeled bottom lobe. There is a yellow spot with purple streaks on the upper petal lobe. The leaves are green, simple, opposite, and lance-shaped.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Acanthaceae – Acanthus family
Genus: Carlowrightia A. Gray – wrightwort
Species: Carlowrightia arizonica A. Gray – Arizona wrightwort
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