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 Basal leaves Thomas Van Devender @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usge Rights: : CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Liz Makings @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Leaves and stems fleshy, succulent; plants often form small mats; rosettes of 10 to 50 leaves; brownish-red flower stems; flowers have 5 to 8 thin and lance-like deep reddish-brown petals with cream-colored white spots and stripes and yellow centers.
Identification notes: Fleshy, succulent leaves and stems, often form small mats; leaves deep green in dense, wrinkly rosettes; flowers on brownish-red stems, smaller leaves at their base, deep reddish-brown, cream-colored white spots and stripes, yellow centers.
Height:
To 14 inches
Habitat Description: Open places among rocks, in rock crevices, especially on north slopes and on shaded cliffs.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 1900 - 5500 feet
Color:
Reddish-brown, cream-white spots
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - May
Description:
Petals form a tube; clusters of pale flowers are cross-banded with dark reddish-brown and have yellow dots towards the center of the 5 to 8 lance-like petals; pistils not hollow near base, gradually narrow to styles.
Leaf Color:
Green or reddish
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Other
Leaf Margin:
Other
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
Y
Leaf Description:
Densely tufted, basal rosettes of 10 to 50 leaves, 1 to 3 inches in diameter, blades green or reddish, 4-sided, tapering at the base, 1 to 2 inches long, tips with slender spine; margins rough with raised peg-like or club-like nodules (lumps).
Fruit Notes: Whorls of follicles (dry dehiscent fruit which splits on 1 side only), unripe follicles erect.
Seed Notes: Seeds 1 to 20 or more, brown, narrowly round, surfaces finely grooved with small nodules (lumps).
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