Species Detail Forb

Flowers		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Polanisia dodecandra - roughseed clammyweed Other Common Names: redwhisker clammyweed Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Capparaceae
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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Annual
General Desc: Branched, erect stems are sticky and hairy. The plant gives off an objectionable odor.
Identification notes: Long red to purple stamens numbering 6 - 20 exserted well above white petals growing in sandy washes. Only one species in Yavapai County. Similar to Cleome sp. However they are yellow or purpled flowered.
Height: Up to 3 feet

Habitat

Habitat Description: Found in sandy washes and slopes. Common in deserts, plains and among pinyon and juniper.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 6500 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Creamy white Shape: Irregular in round clusters Tubular: N Flowering Period: May - Oct
Description: Flowers have 4 petals and 6 to 20 pink to purple stamens of varying lengths which give the plant one of its common names, red whisker.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green Leaf Type: Compound Leaf Shape: Palmate Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaves are clammy feeling and up to 1-1/2 inches long.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Reddish-brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruit is erect, elongated and flattened. Each contains 15 to 40 seeds.
Seed Notes: Roughened seeds are oblong.


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