USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Along highway 93, roadside, first population observed from the south towards Wickenburg, 12S 316027 E, 3781164 N, NAD 83/84.
Locally frequent, ca 10 m tall x 7 m wide, branched above with offshoots at base; peduncle and pedicel light green, small linear cream bract with bulbous base (and fused to pedicel) subtending each flower, one large fleshy bract subtending flower cluster, tan-cream-brown; flower 55 mm length x 34 mm width, tepals on short receptacle 3 mm high, outer tepal 58 l x 13.5 w mm, inner tepal 53.5 x 16 mm, both light green, shiny, leathery, brittle, with slight keel, stamen 12 + 4 mm, greenish-cream, anthers yellow, pistil 27 mm, stigma 10 mm, light green.