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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
A soft-haired plant with several stems and mostly basal leaves, each stem topped with 1 small, bowl-shaped flower resembling a pale yellow or cream buttercup.
Identification notes: Hairy annual with basal, opposite entire leaves and perfect white flowers solitary at stem ends. Flowers cream-colored or white, often fading to yellow, stamens many. Fruit is a capsule, often constricted between each dark squarish seed.
Height:
6 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Found in open areas, often in loose or disturbed soils.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1500 - 4500 feet
Color:
Pale creamy yellow to white
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - May
Description:
Flowers solitary, terminal, normally 6 petals, sometimes more, to 1 inch wide. The delicate, cream-colored, solitary flowers of this 6 to 12 inches annual are followed by a fruit which has been compared to tiny ears of corn.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are mostly basal, 1/2 to 3-1/2 inches long and hairy with prickles on veins and margins; stem leaves clasp the stem.
Fruit Color: Green to brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Cylindrical capsule 2/3 inch long, turns brown. Sometimes compared to tiny ears of corn with the husks removed. The ovary separates into many sections when fruit forms.
Seed Notes: Black squarish seeds.
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