Ditaxis neomexicana

Common ditaxis

Family: Euphorbiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Common ditaxis is a native perennial found at the southern edge of the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert in creosote-bush scrub slopes below 1,000 meters elevation. Flowering from March to December, this plant produces small flowers with pale petals approximately 2 millimeters long. Growing with stems 10 to 35 centimeters tall that are densely covered in appressed white hairs, it forms a compact herb with delicate branching. Its lanceolate leaves range from 1 to 3.5 centimeters long, with entire to faintly toothed edges and a slightly hairy surface. The fruit is a small capsule 3 to 4 millimeters long, containing angular, pitted seeds about 2 millimeters in size.

Habitat: Slopes, creosote-bush scrub

Bloom period: Mar-Dec

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: s edge DMoj, DSon

California counties: San Bernardino, San Diego, Riverside, Imperial

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.