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 Flower Frankie Coburn @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves Frankie Coburn @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Patrick Alexander @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:
Perennial
General Desc:
Bushy plant with erect or sprawling green, angled stems. Base of the flower enlarges as the fruit develops, becoming an inflated, veined, nearly spherical structure.
Identification notes: Flower generally nodding or not erect; corolla yellow to pale yellow; style straight. Perennial herb. Anthers yellow, flower stem shorter than the flower.
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Rocky, dry desert and mountain areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 1000 - 6000 feet
Color:
Yellowish-green
Shape:
Bell-shaped not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Aug
Description:
Bell-shaped yellowish-green, dark at base of limb; 1/2 inch across and have 5 blunt-tipped lobes. The lobes are often bent backwards toward the stem and have darker, brownish patches at the lobe bases.
Leaf Color:
Gray-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems are hairy, branching 4 to 30 inches long. Leaves are alternate, oval and 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long with deeply toothed margins.
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Berry-like
Fruit Notes: Round, green berry inside of a large, inflated, paper lantern-like green calyx. When dry, the berry is yellow-brown and wrinkled and the calyx is tan and papery.
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