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 Leaves Liz Makings @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Eugene Sturla @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Uncommon plant, known only in central Arizona; bright yellow flowers on erect reddish stem; fleshy, rosette, basal leaves.
Identification notes: Perennial forb; bract-like stem leaves; basal leaves in rosettes, oblong, succulent, pale to bright green, pointed; flowers in loose 1 to 6 branched, elongated clusters, stems 2 to 8 inches long, 5 sepals and petals, petals united, pointed; stamens 10.
Height:
Up to 2 feet
Habitat Description: Found on rocky slopes and among rock crevices, rocky crags, steep cliffs and sharp out-croppings.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 2500 - 6000 feet
Color:
Bright yellow
Shape:
Bell-shaped in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - May
Description:
Many-flowered, showy; borne on reddish stems 8 to 24 inches long; flowers spaced at end of curved stem; 5 long, bright yellow petals, red-tinged, with only the tips spreading; 10 stamens.
Leaf Color:
Green, to reddish
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Reddish stems; fleshy rosette leaves, first glaucous (covered with whitish or bluish waxy coating), later green; smooth; narrow-triangular, widest near base, 2 to 7 inches long, 3/4 to 1 inch wide, up to 1/4 inch thick. Stem leaves alternate, bract-like.
Fruit Notes: Follicles (a dry fruit opening at maturity, composed of a single ovary and opening along a single side).
Seed Notes: Many-seeded.
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