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 Leaves and stem Hwy 97Sue Smith |  Leaves and stem Hwy 97Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Hwy 97Sue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Weak-stemmed; stems slender, erect or ascending, straggling, sticky; branches form "wishbones". White to pale pink or purplish flowers are clustered at the end of stems.
Identification notes: 5-parted sepals about 1/2 inch long; whorl of united bracts below each flower, little changed in fruit; fruit not strongly 5-angled. Flowers usually white, sometimes pink or purplish or tinged with pink at base.
Height:
12 to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Lower desert flats, rocky slopes and canyons, desert brush lands.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: Below 3000 feet
Color:
White to pale pink to purplish
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Oct
Description:
Petals are fused into a tube, 1 inch across, darker pink color near the center, and have rounded, ruffled lobes and up-curved stamens. The flowers open in the evening.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Hairy, oval to kidney-shaped.
Fruit Color: Brown, black, greenish
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Gray-brown, dark charcoal brown, or olive, often dark mottled, often faintly marked with 10 paler longitudinal lines, ellipsoid, obovoid, or almost spheric.
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