I saw the
desert willow blooming last week at Corn Springs. As I read about the desert willow I wondered about the "fruit" which "is a linear pod up to 35 cm long, containing numerous winged seeds." This week when I visited Corn Springs again I got my answer. Many of the flowers were replaced with very long looking string bean type fruit. 35 cm is just under 14 inches, so they are very long.
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| A monarch butterfly on a flower and a pod protrudes from an old flower to the right and extends beyond the photo. |
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| A portion of a desert willow with lots of long pods hanging down. |
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| More pods dangling. They are hard to photograph because they are so long. |
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