Parkinsonia florida
Blue palo verde · also Blue paloverde
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Parkinsonia florida, known as blue palo verde, is a small, spiny, drought-deciduous tree with a distinctive green trunk and branches that perform photosynthesis. It produces showy, fragrant yellow flowers in late spring to early summer. Native to the Sonoran Deserts, it is well-adapted to hot, arid conditions with very low water needs.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 8113.1%—10 in
- 10.00%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–20 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- May, Jun
Trunk diameters across every city: median 10 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 18 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- Sonoran desert
Other Parkinsonia in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
