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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Inconspicuous annual to 12 inches tall; stems 1 to many from base, trichotomously branching (3-forked); basal rosette of racquet-shaped leaves with leafless scapes; bearing tufts of fine woolly hairs at base; no petals, glandular hairs on flowers.
Identification notes: Annual, 1 to many stems with woolly tufts of fine hairs at base, diffusely branched; leaves basal; leaves hairy on 1 or both sides; flower stems glandular; flowers, no petals, outer sepals white or pink, greenish or reddish midribs, fan-shaped.
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy soil, sandy flats, washes and slopes, saltbush, greasewood and creosote bush communities. Possible in oak, pinyon and/or juniper woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: Below 4000 feet
Color:
White or pink
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
Flower nearly round, no petals, outer sepals white or pink, greenish or reddish midribs; outer segments fan-shaped, somewhat hooded, abruptly narrow to claw-like base, inner segments narrow; flower stalks hair-like; base supporting top-shaped flowers.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems diffusely branched (3-forked), woolly tufts of fine hairs at base; all leaves basal; roundish to oblong, to 1 inch long; wrinkled, may be hairless and grayish-green above, densely white-woolly beneath, with very small, rounded teeth along margins.
Fruit Color: Brown to black
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes almost black, >1/16 inch long, lens-shaped, smooth.
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