Parkinsonia florida

Blue palo verde
Tree in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Parkinsonia
Species:	P. florida
Binomial name
Parkinsonia florida (Benth. ex A.Gray) S.Wats.

Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.^[1][2] Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis.