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 Flowers Willow LakeSue Smith |  Flowers Willow LakeSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow LakeSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow LakeSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow Lake TrSue Smith | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
The small flowers are in clusters along the erect and woolly flower stems. Leaves are oblong and found along the lower stems.
Identification notes: Slender annual, taprooted, erect with leafy stems. Stem leaves smaller than basal, leaves oblong, densely hairy, edges curled under. Pink to white short-stalked flowers in clusters of 10 or fewer along erect stems. Seed pod is a brown 3-sided achene.
Height:
Up to 2 feet
Habitat Description: Found along roadsides and sandy to gravelly washes, flats and slopes. Shrublands, grasslands, oak, pinyon and/or juniper, and montane conifer woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2500 - 7200 feet
Color:
White, pale to dark pink
Shape:
Bell-shaped in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Nov
Description:
Pink to white flowers are borne in loose clusters of 10 or fewer short-stalked flowers held together by cup-shaped whorls of bracts. Each individual flower has 6 ruffled petal-like tepals (sepals and petals).
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
The green, oblong leaves are covered with grayish-white hairs on both upper and lower surfaces.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes are 3-sided and dark brown.
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