Also known as Sandpaper Plant · Thurber's Sandpaperplant
Petalonyx thurberi is a perennial desert shrub native to the SW US and Mexico. It has sandpaper-textured stems and leaves, bearing small white to yellowish flowers in.
Photos of Thurber's Sandpaper Plant (Petalonyx thurberi)
Common names and botanical synonyms
Botanical classification
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| kingdom | Plantae |
| division | Tracheophyta |
| class | Magnoliopsida |
| order | Cornales |
| family | Loasaceae |
| genus | Petalonyx |
| species | Petalonyx thurberi |
