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 Leaves Sue Smith |  Plant Sue Smith | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Subshrub with many branches and an upright bushy growth pattern; grows into large clump, woody only at the base. Flowers open in the morning and close in late afternoon fading from yellow to orange or pink with age. Leaves may stay green in mild winters.
Identification notes: Stems typically clustered, woody below, often covered with short stiff appressed hairs; leaves numerous, narrow; floral cup funnel-form, yellow, open daytime, sessile, upper axils, stigma disc-like, often shallowly 4-lobed; stamens unequal.
Height:
4 to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy and rocky areas, dry open plains, prairies and bluffs.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4000 - 7000 feet
Color:
Yellow, orange or pink with age
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jun - Jul
Description:
Flowers single, 1/2 to 1 inch across with 4 rounded petals that are often wrinkled like crumpled tissue paper with wavy edges and a rounded notch at the tip; flowers are stalkless but sit on top of a hairy, funnel-shaped floral tube resembling a stalk.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Linear leaves are 3/4 to 2-1/2 inches long with short, fine, gray or white hairs(canescent);leaf margins are often sharply toothed but can be smooth; leaves can be stalkless (sessile) or have a short stalk (petiole). Green to brown stems have stiff hairs.
Fruit Color: Gray, white
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Linear, cylindrical, stemless capsule is roundly 4-angled, 1/2 to 1 inch long and covered with short, fine, gray or white hairs; fruit is dry and splits open when ripe, releasing many seeds.
Seed Notes: Seeds are 1/16 inch long, dark-colored and sharply-angled.
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