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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Leptosiphon aureus subsp. decorus
General Desc:
Low, unbranched to few branched annual, 1 to many reddish, thin stems. Leaves highly divided, needle-like lobes. Showy yellow funnel-shaped flowers with orange or purplish throats grow at the stem tips. These plants are difficult to spot unless in bloom.
Identification notes: Annuals to 6 inches tall, may be hairy or glandular; stems 1 to many, simple or few branched; flowers stems to 3/4 inch long; leaves on upper part of stems, palmately divided, needle-like lobes; petals yellow; sepals equal length of the flower tube.
Height:
To 6 inches
Habitat Description: Found in dry, open areas, plains and mesas, desert flats and pinyon-pine/oak/juniper woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 2000 - 6000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
Flowers are upright, about 1/2 inch wide and grow singly in open rounded clusters on thread-like stalks that grow to 3/4 inch long. Each flower is white and has 5 rounded petals that are fused into an open funnel shape with an orange or purplish throat.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Palmate
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves grow to 1/4 inch long and have a smooth to gland-dotted surface. They're divided into 3 to 7 linear segments (lobes) resembling the fingers of a hand and grow in whorl-like rings at well-spaced intervals usually along the upper part of the stems.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: The fruit is dry and rounded.
Seed Notes: Few to many seeds are found in each of the chambers (locules) of the capsule.
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