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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Bushy plant. Has a flower-like structure called a cyathium, a cup-like structure that houses a central pistillate flower surrounded by several staminate flowers. The yellow horned structures are not true petals but merely extensions of the cyathium.
Identification notes: Stems purplish, several, erect to ascending, sometimes woody or shrubby at the base, arising from a root crown; herbage hairless to slightly hairy; leaves elliptic, tapering at both ends; inflorescence glands irregularly toothed on margins, without horns.
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Rocky or sandy slopes; upper elevations, shady riparian areas; also found in desert transitions.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 3000 - 9000 feet
Color:
Green to yellow
Shape:
Other in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Feb - Aug
Description:
Multiple tiny male flowers in bunches of 5, surrounded by 4 or 5 fringed, green to yellow, petal-like appendages with scalloped, crescent-shaped glands and a single green, drooping, stalked female flower with a 3-lobed ovary and 3 bilobed styles.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Small, alternate, elliptical to oblong, 1/8 to 3/4 inch long, acute at both ends, margins smooth, stemless or nearly stemless.
Fruit Color: Gray to white
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Oblong and lobed.
Seed Notes: Oblong to rounded, gray to white, 1/4 inch long, surfaces veined to smooth.
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