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 Flower Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Basal rosettes of bright green leaves arise from fleshy taproots; leaves sharply cleft to lobed, similar to dandelion greens; yellow flowers are up 1-1/2 inches long, very fragrant, attract hawk moths.
Identification notes: Leaves basal. Flowers yellow, opening mostly in late afternoon. Floral tube (hypanthium) 1-1/2 to 3 inches long, sepals and petals up to 3/4 inch long. Stigma with 4 narrow lobes; seed capsule sharply 4-angled; seeds in 2 rows in the capsule.
Height:
To 8 inches
Habitat Description: Found on clay soils in drying depressions, damp flats, meadows, stream banks, scrub, pinyon juniper woodland and ponderosa pine communities.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 2500 - 9000 feet
Color:
Yellow, fading pale orange, pinkish-red
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Sep
Description:
Flowers borne in leaf axils are yellow fading to pale orange or pinkish-red; petals and sepals are 1/2 to 3/4 inch long; stigma with 4 linear lobes are 1/8 to 1/4 inch long; hypanthium (floral tube) is up to 3 inches long.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are narrow to 8 inches long; margins are sharply cleft to lobed, without stems or nearly stemless, sparsely covered with short, soft hairs or can be nearly hairless.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule hardened, ovoid, 4-angled, especially toward the tip, 1/2 to 1 inch long.
Seed Notes: Seeds in 2 rows in each cell, up to 1/16 inch long, winged around the blunt or rounded summit.
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