Thurber's desert honeysuckle

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Anisacanthus thurberi, also known as Thurber's desert honeysuckle, buckbrush, or desert honeysuckle, is a deciduous species of perennial flowering shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to the Sonoran Desert, and can be found in south and central Arizona, as well as southwest New Mexico.

• It belongs to the Acanthaceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as a shrub with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 2 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to Arizona. ^NatureServe
• In Arizona, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in March–November. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS lists its flower color as red. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS gives its bloom period as mid spring. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists a mature height of about 4.5 ft. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• iNaturalist has 1,585 research-grade sightings of it in Arizona, ranking #57 among the 109 flowers on our Arizona list. ^iNaturalist