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 Leaves and seed pods Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Thysanocarpus laciniatus
General Desc:
Annual herb, produces an erect, slender sparsely branching stem.
Identification notes: Lower leaves usually forming a rosette, teeth or shallow lobes are distantly spaced, surfaces often with coarse stiff hairs, sometimes hairless; stem leaves lance-shaped, bases lobed, clasping; fruits circular in outline.
Height:
4 to 30 inches
Habitat Description: Rocky slopes, washes, moist meadows, oak woodlands, stream sides.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: 3000 - 6500 feet
Color:
White to purple-tinged
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Feb - Jun
Description:
Inflorescence is a raceme of flowers with four white or purple-tinged petals and purple sepals.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are mostly lance-shaped but variable. Lower leaves sometimes borne on petioles and upper leaves may clasp the stem at their bases. Leaves may be smooth-edged, toothed or lobed.
Fruit Color: Geeen to brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruit is a flattened, rounded or oval disc-like capsule with a thin wing around the edge. The edges have wavy margins and are often perforated.
Seed Notes: 1 small smooth seed per capsule.
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