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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Annual with hairy stems and leaves. Flowers are tubular, deep blue to purple.
Identification notes: Flowers bright blue or violet, corolla tubular and funnel-form, seeds 1 per chamber.
Height:
3 to 14 inches
Habitat Description: Open, sandy, generally damp or grassy areas.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: 3000 - 5000 feet
Color:
Deep blue to purplish
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - May
Description:
Flowers are five petaled, tubular, and deep blue to purple in color. There are 2 to 8 flowers in each elongated cluster.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are alternate, dark green, and generally deeply pinnately lobed at the base. Upper leaves are linear to lanceolate.
Fruit Color: Brownish
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Seed capsules are round and light brown in color.
Seed Notes: 1 to 3 per capsule, round, tiny and black.
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