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Also known as Desert Broom, this perennial, flowering shrub with green stems and highly reduced leaves grows 6 to 12 feet in size. Highly drought tolerant, it grows best in full sun and dry, gravelly soil, though it can withstand heavy clay soils. This plant is a larval host and nectar source for butterflies in late summer, and is used by over 60 species of insects.
May Attract
Rosinbush is thought to attract these families of birds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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