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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Mentzelia albicaulis
General Desc:
Candelabra-like in form; basal leaves not withering with flowers.
Identification notes: Stems branch below, earliest flowers commonly alternate and less well-developed than those from lower nodes; flowers yellow, orange at base; bracts green with white base, margins usually 3 to 7 lobed; erect, straight fruits that taper only near the base.
Height:
To 20 inches
Habitat Description: Disturbed and open areas, from chaparral to pine woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3000 - 7700 feet
Color:
Yellow, orange at base
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jun
Description:
Short-stemmed or not stemmed; petals 5, yellow, orange at base, squared or rounded at petal tips; stamens 10 to 30, all with narrow filaments.
Leaf Color:
Green to gray-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal leaves present; stemmed or not; blade lance-like to narrow, margins usually deeply to shallowly lobed, rarely smooth. Stem leaves stemmed or not stemmed, lance-like to narrow.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Nearly cylindric, mostly tapering only near base.
Seed Notes: Hanging loosely, not winged, those in upper half of capsule are grain-like, several-sided, irregular in cross-section, the angles sharp, 15 to 35 per capsule in 2 rows.
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