Apache Plume
Apache plume is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is found in arid habitats such as desert woodlands and scrub. The flower is roselike when new, with rounded white petals and a center filled with many thready stamens and pistils. The ovary of the flower remains after the white petals fall away, leaving many plumelike lavender styles, each 3 to 5 centimeters long. The plant may be covered with these dark pinkish clusters of curling, feathery styles after flowering. Wasps such as Polistes instabilis commonly feed on its nectar.
Apache Plume
Apache plume is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is found in arid habitats such as desert woodlands and scrub. The flower is roselike when new, with rounded white petals and a center filled with many thready stamens and pistils. The ovary of the flower remains after the white petals fall away, leaving many plumelike lavender styles, each 3 to 5 centimeters long. The plant may be covered with these dark pinkish clusters of curling, feathery styles after flowering. Wasps such as Polistes instabilis commonly feed on its nectar.