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 Flower and leaf Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaf Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Annual herbs, to 3 feet high, 8 feet wide, from small, poorly developed roots; stems erect to spreading, thick and semi-succulent, densely sticky and hairy.
Identification notes: Densely glandular-hairy all over; with large rounded leaves; especially distinct are the pink snapdragon-like flowers, yellow nectar guide; young fruits are wet-glandular with a rank smell, vaguely resemble green chiles, mature fruit split into two claws.
Height:
To 3 feet
Habitat Description: Sandy and gravelly soils, fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 6900 feet
Color:
Pink, pinkish-purple, throat yellow
Shape:
Irregular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Sep
Description:
5 irregular lobes at the top and a single slit all the way down the lower (abaxial) side; corolla 1 inch long, bell-shaped (tubular-campanulate) and 2-lipped, glandular-hairy, and reddish-purple, pink, or white, with a bright yellow nectar guide.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Opposite along the stems, on long petioles to 10 inches long or more; blades 4-3/4 to 10 inches long, broadly rounded, the margins with 3 to 7 shallow lobes and the base shallowly cordate (heart-shaped) and sometimes asymmetrical.
Fruit Color: Green turning brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Hook-shaped capsule, green, succulent, and glandular-pubescent when fresh; woody and splitting open longitudinally when dried; the body (seed-containing portion) of the capsule is 2 to 2-3/4 inches long with a diameter of 3/4 inch.
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