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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
This plant has stiff, erect, coarse stems, profusely branched from the base and covered with bristly hairs.
Identification notes: Plant stems slender and profusely branched from the base; 4 wide-spreading nutlets; nutlets surpass the style, are attached at their apical end and are obovoid; nutlet margins are smooth, winged or wingless with hooked bristles.
Height:
10 inches
Habitat Description: Found in open sandy/gravelly soils, on rocky slopes, in washes and along roadsides. It grows in many types of habitats, including desert scrub, woodland and grassland.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2000 - 5000 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
The inflorescence is a series of flowers, each on a curved pedicel.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
The small, bristly pointed linear leaves are alternately arranged along the upper stem and oppositely along the lower part. The stem is erect, slender and covered with rough hairs.
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Nutlet
Fruit Notes: The fruits are rounded or oval nutlets with membranous wings along the sides and covered with scattered hook-tipped bristles.
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