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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
A small annual plant in the sunflower family. Grows to 12 inches tall and is hairy and erect.
Identification notes: Stems are usually solitary, branched; largest leaves to 3/4 inch, 1/8 inch wide; distal leaves generally tapering to a point; disc corolla lobes generally 4, bright red to purple; outer fruit less than 1/16 inch; inner fruit with pappus bristles.
Height:
2 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Bare, rocky, or grassy places, drainages.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: Below 5900 feet
Color:
Sepals whitish-grey, small Reddish-purple disc flowers
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - May
Description:
The 1/8 inch flower heads are surrounded by upper leaves of about the same length as the head. Each head has tiny reddish-purple disc flowers with the outer 8 to 10 being all female.
Leaf Color:
Grayish to 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:
Leaves are 1/4 to 3/4 inch long and are attached to the stems without a little stem at the bottom of the leaf; cobwebby.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruits are tiny, flattened achenes with a ring of pappus bristles, falling off as a unit.
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