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Mala mujer

Cnidoscolus angustidens

Mala mujer
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Fern, Perennial
Native range
S. Arizona to Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cnidoscolus angustidens, with the common name mala mujer, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).

It is native to the Sonoran Desert mountains of southeastern Arizona and Northwestern Mexico, and further south in Mexico.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cnidoscolus angustidens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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