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Spanish Needles, Palafoxia arida var. arida

Spanish Needles, Palafoxia arida var. arida
Asteraceae

A single Palafoxia probably doesn't gather much attention. It is a slender erect plant which tends to lean over at it grows close to two feet tall. The flowers are small, pinkish, and hardly dramatic. But the sight of a field filled with hundreds of Spanish Needles yield an mpressive display of soft pink color.

Spanish Needles, Palafoxia arida var. arida
Asteraceae

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