Chamaebatiaria millefolium (Torr.) Maxim.  
Family: Rosaceae
Fernbush, more...desert sweet, Fern bush
[Basilima millefolium (Torr.) Greene]
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Common Name: fern bush, desert sweet Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Shrub General: More-or-less evergreen shrub, 1-3 m (3-10 ft) tall; stems densely branched; twigs and herbage glandular, stellate- pubescent; aromatic. Leaves: Alternate, fern-like, oblong to lanceolate in outline, 2- 7 cm long, twice pinnate or with pinnatafid leaflets, pinnae in 8-24 pairs, the ultimate divisions about 1 mm long, sticky, glandular, stellate pubescent. Flowers: Inflorescence a panicle, 3-15 cm long, densely glandular; sepals 5, 3-5 mm long, green, persistent; petals 5, broadly ovate to somewhat round, 2.5-5 mm, white. Fruits: Follicle, 5-6.7 mm long; seeds few, 2-3 mm long. Ecology: Found on dry, rocky slopes, washes, plains, pi-on-juniper woodlands, ponderosa pine forests from 4,500-8,000 ft (1372-2438 m), flowers July-November. Distribution: Navajo, Coconino, Mohave, and Yavapai counties; western U.S. Notes: This species makes an attractive ornamental. It is a host plant for the spring azure butterfly. Ethnobotany: The Navajo smoke the leaves rolled in corn husks for good luck in hunting, and use the plant as feed for sheep and goats. Editor: Springer et al. 2011
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