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 Basal leaves Zachery Berry @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights:CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Mark Dimmitt @ http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Produces a basal rosette of leaves and then bolts a slender, erect stem; main stem solitary or sparsely branched with ascending straight branches; young plant sparsely hairy with small glandular hairs, becoming hairless with age.
Identification notes: Annual, slender, taller than wide; basal rosette of narrow leaves, margins pinnately, coarsely lobed, toothed, reduced on stems; flower petals bright yellow, red flecked, 4-petaled, tube very short, stigma head-like, seeds purpled dotted.
Height:
2 to 5 feet
Habitat Description: Rocky, gravelly, sandy and cinder soils of steep slopes, plains and washes.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands
Elevation: Below 4500 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Feb - Jun
Description:
Widely spaced in leaf axils; yellow spotted with red at the base; sepals 1/6 to 1/4 inch; petals 1/4 to 1/2 inch; fading orange, drying pink; style, stigma, anthers, and filaments bright yellow; closes at night, opens in morning.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stem straight, slender, pale gray or green; sparse long and narrow leaves on the stem, basal rosette leaves are wider. Plants leafy and sparsely hairy when young, leafless or nearly so at flowering time.
Fruit Color: Olive-green
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsules 1-1/2 to 3 inches long by 1/16 inch wide, slender, straight to slightly curved, turning downward.
Seed Notes: 1/16 inch long, olive-green, purple-spotted.
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