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 Basal leaves Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plants Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Small distinctive plant, with slender, leafless flower stalks rising above a cluster of bright green basal leaves which have scalloped or irregularly toothed edges; tiny cup-shaped, greenish, yellowish to white flowers.
Identification notes: Perennial, leaves rounded, basal, long-stemmed; flower stems glandular, elongated, short-branched; sepals triangular; flowers greenish, yellowish to white, petals surpass the sepals, pistils and stamens shorter that the sepals.
Height:
8 to 26 inches
Habitat Description: Rock outcrops in valleys, foothills, and mountain canyon walls.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5400 - 11500 feet
Color:
Greenish, yellowish, white
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Dense, elongated cluster flower head, becomes more spread out in fruiting stage; greenish, yellowish flowers are tiny, less than 1/5 inch and on a symmetrical cup-like base, 5 white petals, 5 green sepals, 5 yellow stamens.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaf stalks and (occasionally) leaf surfaces have a covering of short, glandular, head-shaped hairs; stemless leaves 1 to 3 inches are approximately as broad as they are long; divided into 5 or 7 shallow or deep lobes.
Fruit Color: Dark brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsules egg-shaped or almost round, 1/8 to 1/4 inch.
Seed Notes: Dark brown, egg-shaped but tapered at the ends; less than 1/16 inch long.
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