Spotted in Manitou Springs (Colorado Springs area), CO last week, a managed/cultivated spot. So interesting! TIA!

Apache plume, Fallugia paradoxa. Interesting plant, in the rosaceae family, a monotypic genus comprising only one species.

Thank you very much! Looking @ the pics, I'm surprised to find big white blooms! Are the feathery things spent blooms?

Monotypic genera are so fun & easy. : ) I used to know a few from recall but that memory cell is no longer on the job.

Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) has many more than ten pistils in each flower. These mature into dry fruits with long plume-like tails developed from the styles. So, the "feathery things" are feathery styles with one tiny achene (seed) attached. As you can imagine, these plumes assist with wind dispersal. F. paradoxa seeds are tiny (approx 550k/lb), have reasonable germination (+70%), and require no stratification. Other western U.S. shrubs with feathery styles include the closely related Stansbury cliffrose (Purshia stansburiana), and the Mountain mahoganies (Cercocarpus ledifolius, C. montanus, C. betuloides, and C. intricatus, which, along with Apache plume are all in the rose family, Rosaceae.

Interesting.
Flowers...see link

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SilverSurfer, F. paradoxa is very common here in the Southwest. I passed this on a walk this morning, still blooming in October and busy with bees. In truth, the flowers and seed heads have much greater interest and beauty close up. From a distance it's scraggly and unimpressive. Many of our xeric desert natives are like that.

I like everything about this plant. The more I see, the more I like. So interesting.

Tiffany, I'm sure I could gather some seeds for you if you'd like. No idea if they would grow in your climate, but no harm trying.

Thank you for the offer but I've gathered more seeds than I know what to do with recently. I'm over my limit. Thank you so much though! : )