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 Leaves and fruit Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Perennial growing in dense tufts; distinguished by the deeply grooved, 4-angled stems which are slender, whitish and often winged; 4 to 16 inches; erect to descending (with tip ascending); sparsely hairy to smooth; flowers greenish-yellow.
Identification notes: Sparsely hairy, bright green; slender 4-angled stems, leaves narrow, whorls of 4 per node, margins and midribs often whitish; flowers greenish-yellow, solitary, closely subtended by 4 leaf-like bracts, short stemmed; fruits, purple, fleshy at maturity.
Height:
4 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Found along streams, moist places in pine-oak forests, chaparral and grasslands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: 3200 - 5800 feet
Color:
Greenish-yellow
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Sep
Description:
Small flowers solitary in the axils on stalks 1/8 inch long; each flower with 4 leaf-like bracts; corolla greenish-yellow, 1/16 inch diameter; perfect or unisexual.
Leaf Color:
Bright green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Whorl
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Distinguished by the deeply grooved, 4-angled stems; usually bright green, sometimes pale; leaves small, thick and rigid, narrow and shiny; 4 leaves per whorl; margins and midribs often whitish.
Fruit Color: Purple
Fruit Notes: Paired fruit, 1/8 inch in diameter, somewhat fleshy at maturity, purple when ripe, fruit not hairy.
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