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Krameria bicolor
Also called Range Ratany, White Rhatany, White Ratany
Krameria bicolor is a low, densely branched desert shrub or subshrub from the southwestern US and northern Mexico, with grey-green leaves and thorn-tipped branches. It thrives in hot, dry, open ground and needs very little water once established.
Krameria bicolor is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the family Krameriaceae, the rhatanies. It is commonly known as white rhatany, crimson-beak, and chacate in Spanish (cosahui in the state of Sonora). It is found in drier environments of the southwestern United States from California to Texas, and in northern Mexico.
It is a low-lying, densely branched shrub, commonly up to 2 feet (1 m), but exceptionally to beyond 5.0 feet (2 m). The branches are spreading, with thornlike tips. The leaves are grey-green to greenish, finely-haired, narrow and only one-half to three-quarters of an inch long.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
