Jojoba flowers


Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)
Location: Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

These are flowers on a Jojoba bush.  Eventually these flowers will morph into a nut-like fruit.  The Jojoba is native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.  I photographed this example in the Sonoran Desert, south of Tucson, Arizona.

These flowers were on a wild Jojoba bush, but the plant is cultivated commercially as well.  The nuts produce an oil that is used in cosmetic products.

2 comments:

Becky said...

Pretty little flowers, and they remind me of Capers.
B.

BNS said...

Ha ha, now that you mention it, the do sort of look like capers.

Bobbie