Parkinsonia aculeata
Mexican palo verde
© 2015 Susan E. Ashton
Pen and ink
Plate Descriptions
1. Habit
2. Seed pods
3. Seed
4. Young flower
5. Young flower cut-away
6. Older flower after pollination
7. Older flower cut-away
8. Pistil
9. Stigma detail
10. Filament with anther
11. Anther
12. Thorn with enlargement
13. Leaf detail:
(a) open; (b) closed; (c) dropped