{"id":2847,"date":"2011-07-08T19:08:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T05:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2011-07-27T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T00:57:11","slug":"froelichia-arizonica-arizona-snakecotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/2847\/froelichia-arizonica-arizona-snakecotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Froelichia arizonica – Arizona Snakecotton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Froelichia<\/p>\n

\"Froelichia<\/p>\n

\"Froelichia<\/p>\n

\"Froelichia<\/p>\n

Plant Name<\/p>\n

Scientific Name:<\/span> Froelichia arizonica<\/em><\/p>\n

Common Names:<\/span> Arizona Snakecotton, Arizona Snake-cotton<\/p>\n

Plant Characteristics<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/span> Perennial<\/p>\n

Growth Habit:<\/span> Herb\/Forb<\/p>\n

Arizona Native Status:<\/span> Native<\/p>\n

Habitat:<\/span> Upland. This unusual wildflower grows on sunny, open, gravelly areas or rocky hillsides.<\/p>\n

Flower Color:<\/span> White (hair)<\/p>\n

Flowering Season:<\/span> Summer, Fall<\/p>\n

Height:<\/span> Up to 39 inches (1 m) tall<\/p>\n

Description:<\/span> The flowers are spirally arranged on dense flower spikes. The individual flowers are wrapped in thick, shiny, bright white, cottony hairs and have 5 tiny, straw-colored or brownish sepals. The flower buds are enclosed by dark, hairless bracteoles (protective coverings). The flowers are followed by small, winged, bladder-like, one-seeded fruits. The leaves are light green and variably hairy above, whitish green and covered with woolly hair below, opposite, lance-shaped with often rippled margins, and mostly crowded near the base of the plant. The stems are covered with fuzzy, white hairs. The plants have enlarged, woody taproots.<\/p>\n

The similar Slender Snakecotton (Froelichia gracilis<\/em>) has flowers with sparser, dull white, cottony hairs, while Texas Snakecotton (Froelichia interrupta<\/em>) has broader, shorter leaves and flower buds with light brown or straw-colored bracteoles.<\/p>\n

Classification<\/p>\n

Kingdom:<\/span> Plantae – Plants
\nSubkingdom:<\/span> Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
\nSuperdivision:<\/span> Spermatophyta – Seed plants
\nDivision:<\/span> Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
\nClass:<\/span> Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
\nSubclass:<\/span> Caryophyllidae
\nOrder:<\/span> Caryophyllales
\nFamily:<\/span> Amaranthaceae – Amaranth family
\nGenus:<\/span> Froelichia<\/em> Moench – snakecotton
\nSpecies:<\/span> Froelichia arizonica<\/em> Thornb. ex Standl. – Arizona snakecotton<\/p>\n

More About This Plant<\/p>\n

Arizona County Distribution Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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