Parkinsonia florida (Blue palo verde)

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Parkinsonia florida (Benth. ex A. Gray) S. Watson

Blue palo verde, blue paloverde, palo verde

Blue Palo Verde is a native of the Sonoran Desert.

Plants: 15–30′ (4.6–9.1 m) in height, with gray-green, photosynthetic bark.

Leaves: Bipinnate, with leaflets ⅛–¼″ (3.2–6.3 mm) long.

Flowers: Inflorescences are 1½–4½″ (4–12 cm) long. Each inflorescence has one or more bright yellow, pea-like flowers.

Fruits: Flat legumes resembling pea pods, 1½–4″ (4–10 cm) long.

Habitats: In desert areas, typically near rivers or desert wash areas that receive at least intermittent water. It is found in association with honey mesquite, smoketree, ironwood, desert willow, and catclaw acacia.

Some palo verdes.

Flowering blue paloverde. By Stan Shebs.

Online References:

Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and the Plants of the Sonoran Desert

Discover Life

Treesofnorthamerica.net

CalPhotos at the University of California, Berkeley

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Cercidium floridum Benth. ex A. Gray
Cercidium floridum Benth. ex A. Gray ssp. floridum

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 8.7 cm)

5/2/2018 · Bajada Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

5/1/2018 · Sara Park, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 5 × 4″ (12 × 10 cm)

5/1/2018 · Sara Park, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

5/2/2018 · Bajada Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm)

5/1/2018 · Sara Park, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (14 × 12 cm)

5/2/2018 · Bajada Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 4 × 3½″ (10 × 8.7 cm)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California · ≈ 14 × 9″ (35 × 23 cm)

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 5 × 4″ (12 × 11 cm)

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona

5/2/2018 · Bajada Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California · ≈ 6 × 9″ (14 × 22 cm)

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona

5/1/2018 · Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Fabales	Legumes (pea and bean families)
Family	Fabaceae	Legume family (peas and beans)
Genus	Parkinsonia	Named for John Parkinson, author, botanist, Apothecary of London and king’s herbalist to James I
Species	florida	Either (1) free flowering, producing abundant flowers; or (2) bright

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Parkinsonia florida description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.