Watson
Pronunciation: par-kin-SEW-nee-a FLOR-i-da
Common name: Palo verde
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Washes, flood plains and low sandy
places below 3000', creosote bush scrub, Colorado
Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Parkinsonia
2) florida
Formerly Cercidium floridum ssp. floridum