guayule Asteraceae Parthenium argentatum

Leaf:Alternate, simple, evergreen, lanceolate to ovate, 1 to 3 inches long, entire or with a few scatterd teeth or shallow lobes, gray-green with abundant silvery hairs above and below.
Flower:Small, pale yellow to white flower which occurs in dense flat topped, many branched, terminal clusters, appearing nearly year round whenever just a small amount of rain occurs.
Fruit:A small achene in tight, terminal clusters.
Twig:Slender gray-green, covered with silvery hairs.
Bark:Light gray-brown with shallow fissures and darker ridges.
Form:A shrub with a rounded, dense crown reaching up to 3 feet in height.

leaf fruit bark form map

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