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Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Allionia choisyi - annual windmills

Synonyms: Allionia incarnata var. glabra
Other Common Names: Smooth Trailing Four O'Clock, Trailing Four O'Clock, Umbrellawort, Garapatilla
Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub

Family: Nyctaginaceae


   
 
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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native   Life Cycle: Annual
General Desc: Stems hairy, especially above, sometimes smooth nearer base, often reddish; leaves wavy; flowers pale bright pink to nearly white.
Identification notes: Annual; leaves wavy, white-waxy on lower surface; fruits shallowly curved looking somewhat like a tick; lateral ribs develop as curved wings with 4 to 8 slender teeth; stalked glands are found on the inwardly curving side of the fruit.
Height: 1 to 3 feet


Habitat

Habitat Description: Open arid areas, often on sandy or gravelly soils, sometimes on clay or gypsum.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 4000 - 6000 feet


Flower Characteristics

Color: Pale to bright pink to nearly white     Shape: Regular not in clusters     Tubular: N     Flowering Period: Jul - Oct
Description: Whorled bracts at base of flower; 1/4 inch long and round when mature with fine, short hairs, often sticky; calyx 1/4 inch long, purplish-red; sepals and petals pale to bright pink to nearly white.


Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green     Leaf Type: Simple     Leaf Shape: Round or oval     Leaf Margin: Lobed     Leaf Attachment: Basal and opposite     Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems     Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaves progressively reduced and proportionally narrower further from the base; blade usually strongly pleated-wavy, sometimes flat, 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long, egg-shaped; margins strongly wavy, sometimes smooth.


Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Fruit 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, shallowly convex; lateral ribs with 4 to 8 teeth, teeth slender and tapering gradually to narrow tip, sometimes gland-tipped; concave side with 5 to 7 glands per row.


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