Haplophyton crooksii is a plant species native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico. It is an herb up to 60 cm tall, with showy yellow flowers, found on rocky slopes in desert scrub and desert grassland.[2][3]

Haplophyton crooksii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Haplophyton
Species:
H. crooksii
Binomial name
Haplophyton crooksii
(L.D. Benson) L.D. Benson
Synonyms[1]
  • Haplophyton cimicidum var. crooksii L.D. Benson

The plant is commonly called the cockroach plant (or hierba de la cucaracha) because of its insecticidal properties.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ L.D. Benson. 1943. American Journal of Botany 30(8): 630. 1943.
  3. ^ a b McLaughliln, S.P. 1993. Apocynaceae A.L. Juss., Dogbane Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:164-168.