Makes good background for other plants, particularly those with light coloring. Can be used for hedges or screening. Affords cover for wildlife. Upright, multi-branched evergreen shrub to 6 feet high and four feet wide. Grayish green, slightly downy leaves, pinnately divided into 3 to 7 linear lobes.
Flaky bark is grayish white.
Pure white, five-petaled roselike flowers with yellow centers, up to 2 inches wide. Blooms May through September. Good browse for sheep, cattle, goats and deer. Native Americans used stems for arrowshafts. Only one species of Fallugia in Arizona.