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Flower heads Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Flower heads Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
Origin: Native
General Description: Evergreen. Subshrub or shrub with a bushy, broom-like habit; stems woody only at bases; relatively small leaves; early flowering period, flower heads borne singly at ends of stems.
Identification notes: Up to 3 feet tall, much branched from a woody base, bushy, broom-like habit, stems woody only at base. Leaf margins smooth or finely serrated, herbage not hairy or slightly hairy, not glandular; brownish-purplish bristles top the seeds.
Height: 2 to 3 feet Width: 1 to 2 feet
Habitat Description: Found on sandy, limestone, gravelly or saline soils.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 5000 - 6000 feet
Color: White Shape: Daisy or dandelion-like, not in clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: Apr - Jul
Description: Flower heads are usually borne singly at the terminal ends of branches and have disc flowers only. Female and male flower heads are borne on different plants. Male flowers are half the size of female flowers.
Leaf Color: Green to grayish-green Type: Simple Shape: Narrow Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: N
Description: Leaves are sessile, small, less than 1/2 inch long, often withered and absent at flowering, margins are smooth or finely serrated.
Color: Brown Type: Achene Description: Small oblong achenes develop from each flower.
Bark Color: Green Bark Texture (Mature): Smooth Bark and Branch Description: Base of plant is woody with erect and slender stems.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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