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 Leaves and flowers Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: A. cannabinum and A. sibiricum
General Desc:
Erect or ascending stems emerge from horizontal rootstalks, becoming branched, widely loosely spreading, often with a curve at end; flowers open from the top of the cluster down; at the base of the flower there are organs that secrete nectar.
Identification notes: Erect diffuse branched stems without hairs, milky sap (latex);Â leaves dark green above, whitish, hairy below; flower petals 5, pinkish with red marks, fused most of their length, spread into very short lobes, sometimes bent back at the tips, fragrant.
Height:
8 to 19-1/2 inches
Habitat Description: Found in open to rocky sites, often in higher elevation forests.
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 7000 - 9500 feet
Color:
White to pink
Shape:
Bell-shaped in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jun - Aug
Description:
Flowers are grouped in terminal loosely rounded clusters and in the leaf axils; sepals 1/16 to 1/4 inch long; petals to 1/2 inch, broadly bell shaped; with 5 spreading lobes which bend backwards; white to pink with occasional pink or red veins.
Leaf Color:
Dark green, whitish below
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Other
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems smooth, erect to ascending to 20 inches tall; leaves dark green above with few hairs, denser hairs on undersides making them whitish, egg-shaped to oblong or lance shaped, 3/4 to 2-1/2 inches long, 1/2 to 1-1/4 inches wide; short stems or no stems.
Fruit Notes: Fruit is a narrow, dry follicle (capsule-like but derived from an ovary with a single female reproductive organ, that splits open on 1 side), 1-1/2 to 6 inches long, pendulous, round in cross section, opens at maturity.
Seed Notes: Seeds are many, brown, 1/6 to 1/8 inch long with a tuft of brown hairs at the tip.
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