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 Basal leaves and flower heads Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaf Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Fruit Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or annual
General Desc:
Distinctive small, round, flat seed pods and small white 4-petaled flowers on multiple terminal stems; distinguished from other similar species primarily by its flattened, hairy fruiting flower stalk.
Identification notes: Biennials or annuals, minutely hairy, may have cylindrical hair-like growths; stem leaves usually have stems; sepals deciduous, stamens 2, deciduous; flattened, hairy fruiting pedicels; seed pods are hairy, at least on the margins, and are not wrinkled.Â
Height:
6 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Found in playas (dry lakes), washes, arroyos, beaches, saline soils, roadsides and other disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 6500 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jul
Description:
Small, white, elongataded clusters, each 3/4 to 4 inches long, crowded on larger plants; flattened flower stalks, 1/16 to 1/4 inch long, without hairs or having soft hairs; 4 oblong sepals, 1/16 inch long; 4 petals in cross formation, 1/16 inch long.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stemmed basal leaves do not form distinct rosettes, early-withering; stem leaves alternate, short-stemmed; blades lance-like with pointed end at base, 3/4 to 3 inches long and 1/4 to 1-1/4 inches wide, highly divided to toothed margins.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Round to oval, flat, 1/16 to 1/8 inch across, with notch at the tip; persistent style absent or present but inconspicuous; <1/16th inch long, much smaller than the notch where it sits.
Seed Notes: Brown; oval; 1/16 inch long.
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