Brittlebush is drought deciduous and produces morphologically different
types of leaves with seasonal changes in temperature and moisture.
These photos, taken 11/98, show the plant after a long dry summer.
Leaves are few, small, and densely hairy.
| The many faces of brittlebush...
Brittlebush is drought deciduous and produces morphologically different
types of leaves with seasonal changes in temperature and moisture.
These photos, taken 11/98, show the plant after a long dry summer.
Leaves are few, small, and densely hairy.
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The following spring (3/99), leaves were numerous, flowers few at White
Tanks. This one, near the restrooms, may have had access to water
from leaky pipes or roadside drainage.
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This one (3/99), growing in town near ASU-West campus
in Glendale, shows what brittlebush looks like at its best. In a
very good year, they look like this at White Tanks, too.
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