Bursage, Ambrosia deltoidea

Jojoba: Simmondsia chinensis.

• The seed contains a highly prized oil that has led to commercial development of the plant for this product.  Similiar in nature to sperm whale oil, used as an additive in cosmetics, medicinals, and motor.oils.
• Persistent shrub found along washes; alluvial fans; and dry, rocky slopes.

Green, hard-shelled, acornlike capsule that turns chocolate-brown on maturation.

CACTI
Stem-succulent plants for they store their water in succulent, fleshy stems.

Saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea.

Teddy-bear cholla cactus, Opuntia bigelovii. Fragments of the stem (joints) break off to produce a fragment that adheres to moving animals or is transported by gravity.  Enables highly success asexual reproduction.

Chain-fruit cholla, Opuntia fulgida. Cholla cacti have jointed stems and glochids-much like pricly-pear cacti, but the stems are clylindrical rather than flattened.

Hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus spp. Characterized by a dense covering of spines (resemblance to a sea urchid).  Commonly occurrence as a cluster of stems.

Barrel cactus, Ferocactus (derived from the latin: ferus-meaning wild or ferocious) in reference to the fierse spines.