Water Needs
Light Needs
Common Name
Apache Plume
Scientific Name
Fallugia paradoxa
Botanical Pronunciation
fal-LEW-gi-a pa-ra-DOX-a
Plant Type
Large Shrubs
Deciduous / Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Special Features
Utah Native, Attracts Bees, Medicinal: Hopis steeped leaves and applied the liquid as a rinse to promote hair growth. (Weiner) Roots dug in fall boiled in water for coughs, spring twigs made into tea for indigestion and spring fever.
Blooms
White apple blossom-like flowers with Distinctive, pink, feathery plumes characterizing the persistent fruit, Bloom Spring-Summer
Growth Habit
Rounded
Growth Rate
Moderate
Average Landscape Size
6'x6'
Landscape Uses
Considered valuable for erosion control,
Care Information
Very drought and heat tolerant.
Prune back close to the ground when it begins to look unkempt or floppy to generate dense growth.
Will tolerate some shade but may be less upright and floppy.
