Rosaceae

Apache plume

Fallugia paradoxa (D.Don ex Tilloch & Taylor) Endl. ex Torr.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Fallugia

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Apache plume: Photo of Fallugia paradoxa ( Apache plume ) form at the Desert Demonstration Garden in Las Vegas — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 飞羽木
English: Apache plume
nv: Chʼil bílátaʼtsʼosí
Vietnamese: Fallugia

Synonyms

Fallugia acuminata (Wooton) Cockerell
Fallugia acuminata var. micrantha (Cockerell) Cockerell
Fallugia mexicana Walp.
Fallugia micrantha Cockerell
Fallugia paradoxa var. acuminata Wooton
Geum cercocarpoides DC.
Geum cercocarpoides DC. ex Ser.
Geum paradoxum (D.Don ex Tilloch & Taylor) Steud.
Geum plumosum Moc. & Sessé ex D.Don
Sieversia paradoxa D.Don ex Tilloch & Taylor

Flowers

Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mike Tungate from Albuquerque, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.