Tetraclea_coulteri

<i>Tetraclea coulteri</i>

Tetraclea coulteri

Species of flowering plant

Tetraclea coulteri, or Coulter's wrinklefruit,[1] is a perennial plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) that grows on sandy flats and coarse gravelly slopes of the Sonoran Desert, from southern Arizona to western Texas and northern Mexico.[2]: 57  Its white flowers open at night and close with the warmth of day.[2]: 57 

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References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tetraclea coulteri". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688


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