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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Erect or spreading annual, up to 12 inches; leaves narrow with margins rolled under; white, long, tangled hairs on undersides of leaves; oval outer flower lobes with green midvein, white or pink sepals.
Identification notes: Annual, mostly erect; stems have long soft hairs; leaves narrow, undersides have white tangled hairs, margins turn under; flowers, no petals, sepals white or pink, outer lobes have green midvein; flower clusters of 10 plus on stems, stamens 9, styles 3.
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy or gravelly slopes, sagebrush and mountain mahogany communities, oak, pinyon-juniper and montane conifer woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4500 - 7000 feet
Color:
White, pink
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Oct
Description:
Solitary whorl of bracts on 1 to 2 inches long slender flower stalk from a leaf axil; bracts 1/16 inch long, bell-shaped, usually more than 10-flowered; no petals; sepals white or pink; the broad, oval outer lobes with prominent green midvein.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems ascending or spreading, branching in 2s above base; leaves concentrated around base, narrow, 3/4 inch long and 1/4 inch wide, with soft, short hairs above and white, long, tangled hairs beneath; stalkless or short-stalked with margins rolled under.
Fruit Color: Brown to blackish
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes angled but not winged, brown to blackish, lens-shaped, 1/16 inch long, smooth.
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