It is a low lying, densely branched shrub, commonly up to 2 feet (1 m), but exceptionally to beyond 5.0 feet (2 m). The branches are spreading, with thorn-like tips. The leaves are grey-green to greenish, finely-haired, narrow and only one half to three quarters of an inch long.
The color of the plant and branches is grayish-green to gray, or whitish-gray, to dull browns or tinged with red. The flowers are often sparse and sometimes inconspicuous, but plants in some locales can bloom prolifically in red flowers. The plant is used for dyes in the basketry of Seri people in Mexico.
The shrub is adapted to dry, desert environments, but it can take advantage of high soil moisture. The plant is partially parasitic, for example on creosote bush, Larrea tridentata.
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krameria, bicolor, perennial, shrub, subshrub, family, krameriaceae, rhatanies, commonly, known, white, rhatany, crimson, beak, chacate, spanish, cosahui, state, sonora, found, drier, environments, southwestern, united, states, from, california, texas, norther. Krameria bicolor is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the family Krameriaceae the rhatanies It is commonly known as white rhatany crimson beak and chacate in Spanish cosahui in the state of Sonora It is found in drier environments of the southwestern United States from California to Texas and in northern Mexico Krameria bicolor barbed fruit Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Rosids Order Zygophyllales Family Krameriaceae Genus Krameria Species K bicolor Binomial name Krameria bicolorS Watson Synonyms Krameria grayi Rose amp Painter 1 It is a low lying densely branched shrub commonly up to 2 feet 1 m but exceptionally to beyond 5 0 feet 2 m The branches are spreading with thorn like tips The leaves are grey green to greenish finely haired narrow and only one half to three quarters of an inch long The color of the plant and branches is grayish green to gray or whitish gray to dull browns or tinged with red The flowers are often sparse and sometimes inconspicuous but plants in some locales can bloom prolifically in red flowers The plant is used for dyes in the basketry of Seri people in Mexico The shrub is adapted to dry desert environments but it can take advantage of high soil moisture The plant is partially parasitic for example on creosote bush Larrea tridentata References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Krameria bicolor Krameria bicolor Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Retrieved 2011 01 28 Jepson Flora Project Krameria grayi USDA NRCS Plants Profile Krameria grayi Photo High Res Close up Photo of Flowers Spines amp Leaves Images from the CalPhotos archive Krameria grayi at LBJ Wildflower Center nbsp This rosid article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Krameria bicolor amp oldid 1165265574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
