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 Flower Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
A small, usually less than 1 foot tall, widely branched plant with an open cluster of tiny, blue and white, bilaterally symmetrical flowers on slender stalks.
Identification notes: Annual herb; stems lie along ground then ascend or are erect, simple or branched, reddish purple; leaves opposite or whorled, tapering, green above and purplish beneath, margins entire; flower upper lip white, lower lip blue, crested at throat.
Height:
To 1 foot
Habitat Description: Found in moist soils, chaparral, pinyon-juniper woodlands, aspen stands, ponderosa pine and spruce-fir forests.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 4000 - 8000 feet
Color:
Blue and white
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Feb - Jun
Description:
2 whitish, rounded, upper lobes flaring upward; 2 deep blue lower lobes with a purplish lobe between, extend forward. Tubular, to 1/8 inch wide and 3/8 inch long. In terminal, leafy cluster on stem, initially dense, becoming elongated.
Leaf Color:
Dark green, purplish beneath
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves dark green above, purplish beneath, lance-shaped, in whorles at flower clusters, opposite on lower stem, to 1-1/2 inches long. Stems are reddish-purple.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule, ovoid or elliptical, 1/8 inch long.
Seed Notes: Seeds 2 per locule, small, brown.
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