|
|
 Flower Watson Lake TrSue Smith | | | | | |
|
Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual or perennial Similar Species: Gaillardia pinnatifida
General Desc:
Hairy stemmed, usually much-branched annual, sometimes perennial. Plants become woody at the base late in the season. Stems topped with a single flower head of ray and disc flowers.
Identification notes: Leafy stemmed annual, stems hairy. Lower leaves on short stalks, oval, smooth edged, upper leaves not stalked, toothed edges. Solitary flower heads; ray flowers bicolored, red to purplish, yellow tipped. Disc flower teeth tapered, tipped with a long awn.
Height:
8 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Found in open sites and in disturbed areas in pinyon-juniper woodlands and ponderosa forests.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3500 - 5500 feet
Color:
Reddish to purple, yellow tipped
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Sep
Description:
Flower heads have 2 to 3 inch wedge-shaped, orange, red or purple ray flowers; the broad tips of ray flowers are 3-lobed and are usually yellow or orange. Dome-shaped center of reddish-purple disc flowers.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Narrow, oblong or spoon-shaped leaves, 1/2 inch to 3-1/2 inches long. Fuzzy above with usually smooth edges (lower leaves can be lobed). Upper leaves are smaller and clasping.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes are pyramidal with long hairs inserted at bases and angles. Achenes are topped with 7 to 8 tiny scales.
Seed Notes: Seeds are tiny, at the bases of scales on each achene.
|
|
