Tidestromia eliassoniana

Description

Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom. Species include: Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet