Hoffmannseggia microphylla (syn. Caesalpinia virgata) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name wand holdback.[1] It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California and grows in gullies, canyons, slopes and primarily creosote bush scrub.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Genus: | Hoffmannseggia |
| Species: | H. microphylla
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| Hoffmannseggia microphylla | |
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Caesalpinia virgata | |
It is a perennial shrub that grows up to 6 ft (1.8 m) tall.[1] The stems are hairy and green and have few leaves for most of the year. Before the leaves fall, they appear as twigs lined with pairs of small oval-shaped leaflets.
The shrub flowers in scattered raceme inflorescences of red-streaked yellow flowers which age to full red. The fruit is a sickle-shaped dehiscent legume pod up to 2.5 centimeters long. It is bumpy with glands and slightly hairy.
References
edit- ^ a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
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