Flower Notes:
Red (Flowers are unremarkable, red or red-violet, staminate)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Needles are more or less bluish, flat and curved)
Stem Notes:
Gray (Grayish silver in second year, yellowish green in first year)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Cones; green before maturity)
Soil Notes:
Performs poorly on heavy clay soils
Range:
Southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Needles (1.5-2.5" long) point upward along stem as in a hairbrush, have 2 waxy bands on lower surface, and suction cup-like bases. First year stems are yellowish-green and slightly downy, in the second year they turn grayish. Butterscotch colored buds are covered with resin. Elongated cones are 3-6" long.
