Ghost Flower

The Ghost Flower has the botanical name of Mohavea confertiflora. It represents the figwort family- Scrophulariaceae and grows in America. It thrives in desert washes and rocky slopes beneath 2,500 feet.

This erect annual plant is capable to attain the height from 4 to 16 in. It produces long, covered with hairs, greenish leaves with the length of up to 4 in.

The plant’s translucent flowering heads gave rise to its common name Ghost Flower.  The blooms come in creamy to yellow tints, blooming in springtime. They are about 1, 5 in across, bearing pinkish to purplish dots on the inner surface of five lobes forming a cup. Lower petal features reddish-purple spot with two yellow stamens that curve upward over it.

The Ghost Flower gives no nectar but is a very uncommon plant that is a delight to behold.

Ghost Flower

By Stan Shebs - under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

Mohavea Confertiflora

By Stan Shebs - under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2