Pronunciation: par-kin-SEW-nee-a my-kro-FIL-a
Common name: Littleleaf palo verde
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Gravelly slopes and washes to 3500',
creosote bush scrub, eastern San Bernardino Co.,
Whipple Mts
Blooming period: April to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Parkinsonia
2) microphylla
Formerly Cercidium microphyllum