Lennoaceae
Desert christmas tree
Pholisma arenarium
- Family
- Lennoaceae
- Genus
- Pholisma
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- لينوة رملية
- English
- Desert christmas tree
Synonyms
- Lennoa arenaria E.Fourn.
- Pholisma depressum Greene
- Pholisma paniculatum B.C.Templeton
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 427 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joyce Cory on Flickr as docentjoyce, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Slocoaster, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mel letterman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mel letterman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.