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 Flower spike Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Basal leaves Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A plant consisting of basal leaves and several showy erect inflorescences. The leaf is compound with several silvery-green leaflets.
Identification notes: Showy perennials; herbage green to white, silky-haired with at least some of the hairs axe-like; leaves pinnate, basal; leaflets 7 to 19, narrow, silvery on both sides. Purple flowers are borne in spike-like flower heads; heads many-flowered.
Height:
6 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Found on sandy soils in open places, pine forests and disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 5000 - 8000 feet
Color:
Purplish-pink
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jul - Aug
Description:
A tufted plant, usually covered with silvery hairs, with dense racemes of bright reddish-lavender pea flowers held just above the basal leaves by long stalks.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal, odd-pinnately compound, 4 to 7 inches long; 7 to 19 leaflets, linear to narrowly oblong, 1/4 to 1-1/2 inches long, less than 1-1/2 inches wide, silvery-white with minute axe-shaped hairs; tips pointed. Stemless.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Cylindric, 1/3 to 1 inch long, densely covered with silky hairs.
Seed Notes: Seeds are smooth and brown.
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