Vascular Plants of Henry W. Coe State Park   |  Dicots
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Datisca glomerata
Durango Root

A member of the Datiscaceae, or Datisca Family


Detail of flowers from image below.



Flowering stem.

When in bloom as here shown, some visitors comment on the resemblance of this species to Cannabis. The latter, however, has many more than the three leaflets per leaf that Datisca has.

Growing in the dry bed of East Fork Coyote Creek downstream from Los Cruzeros.

4 July 1995.




Habit and habitat along East Fork Coyote Creek.

4 July 1995.




Dry seed stalks.

North Fork Pacheco Creek below pool of Pacheco Falls.

21 November 1991.

All photos copyright Ó Lee Dittmann, except where otherwise noted.


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