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 Leaves Willow Dells TrSue Smith |  Leaves Willow Dells TrSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow Dells TrSue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A common wildflower with fern-like leaves and creeping rhizomes and aromatic highly dissected leaves.
Identification notes: Slender creeping rhizomes; aromatic, pinnately dissected, fern-like leaves; heads of small white flowers on stems rising above the basal leaves, 5 to 8 ray florets, the whorl of bracts 20 to 30 in 3 series.
Height:
12 to 36 inches
Habitat Description: Found in mountains, especially pine forests. Pastures, meadows, roadsides, stream sides, waste grounds, dry or sandy soils, also in clay or salty soils.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 4500 - 11500 feet
Color:
White, rarely pink
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Sep
Description:
Flower head is a flat cluster of 5 to 20 densely packed, white or sometimes pink flower heads. The individual flowers have 5 to 8 white or light pink ray flowers surrounding a tiny center of white or grayish white disc flowers.
Leaf Color:
Light green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Fern-like, finely divided, feathery leaves, 4 to 6 inches long. The lower leaves are stalked, upper leaves are not stalked. The leaves have a strong aroma and are smaller towards the top of the stem. The stem is hairy.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes with thick margins, compressed , bristles and chafe absent.
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