Exhibit Item 52
Suaeda puertopenascoa
Estuary Sea-Blite
Illustrator: © Kathryn Simpson
Pen and Ink
Flora of the Gran Desierto
and Río Colorado of Northwestern Mexico, 2000
From the Collection of the
University of Arizona Herbarium
This awl-like annual or short-lived perennial succulent is a component of the estuaries in northwestern Sonora near Puerto Peñasco.