PUBLISHED IN: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 3: 58. 1890.

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BASIONYM: Elaterium bigelovii S.Watson, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 12: 252. 1877.

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VERNACULAR NAME: Starvine

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DESCRIPTION: perennial from a thick tap root; flowers small white.

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DISTRIBUTION: Southern Arizona to Califonia and northwest Mexico.

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