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|accepted_name=Froelichia arizonica
|accepted_authority=Thornber ex Standley in N. L. Britton et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|place=21: 128. 1917
|year=1917
}}
|common_names=Arizona snake-cotton
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Froelichia;Froelichia arizonica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Froelichia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Froelichia arizonica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 444
|treatment_page=page 445
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; taproot enlarged, woody. <b>Stems</b> 1–several, ascending or decumbent, often branched distally, 3–10 dm, sericeous-tomentose with white hairs. <b>Leaves</b> usually crowded at base, few on stems, sessile or short-petiolate; blade lanceolate, proximal leaves 3–12 × 0.5–2.5 cm, base attenuate, apex acute or rarely obtuse, scaberulous or canescent adaxially, sericeous-tomentose with bright whitish hairs abaxially. <b>Spikes</b> dense, stout, flowers arranged in 3-ranked spiral; bracteoles dark, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> (3.5–)4–5.5 mm; perianth lobes narrowly oblong, apex obtuse, or acutish, pubescence dense, bright white; filament lobes stramineous or darkened, blunt. <b>Utricles</b> narrowly or broadly winged laterally, 2.5–5.5 × 3–4.5 mm, longer than broad, wing margins irregularly dentate, 1 or both surfaces of perianth with 1 or more basal tubercles or spines.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Open rocky or gravelly hillsides
|elevation=700-2200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León).
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name=Froelichia arizonica
|author=
|authority=Thornber ex Standley in N. L. Britton et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Open rocky or gravelly hillsides
|elevation=700-2200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León).
|reference=None
|publication title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|publication year=1917
|special status=
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|genus=Froelichia
|species=Froelichia arizonica
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