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 Flower spike Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Leaves clustered at the base; flowers 3/4 inch apart, faces flat, upper third of slender, unbranched stems, bloom bottom up; 6 yellow petals and sepals, darker veined down the center, open morning, close afternoon.
Identification notes: Flowers 6 yellow tepals (3 petals and 3 sepals) arranged vertically on an erect, leafless flowering stalk; fruits oblong capsules, often surrounded by the dried, petals and sepals; tufts of grass-like basal leaves are fringed with hairs on the edges.
Height:
6 to 14 inches
Habitat Description: Grasslands, woodlands, and openings in pine forests.
Plant Communities:
Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 6000 - 10000 feet
Color:
Sepals and petals yellow
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Aug
Description:
1 to 2 slender spike-like flower stems; flowers face upward or away from stem; petals oval, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long; sepals <1/4 inch wide, 3 petals 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide; stamens narrowly cylindrical to club-shaped, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Grass-like basal leaves about 3 to 15 per plant, with narrow linear blades tapering gradually to a point; 3 to 16 inches long and <1/8 inch wide; finely toothed with small hairs in the margins.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruits are oblong capsules often surrounded by the dried, clearish sepals and petals; 1/2 inch long and 1/4 inch thick; 3-lobed; capsules split open to release seeds when mature.
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