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 Leaves and flowers Liz Makings @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant 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:
A succulent perennial bearing showy, yellow-orange or copper-colored flowers after summer rains. Flowers occur singly in leaf axils.
Identification notes: Petals orange, usually solitary, sometimes 2 to 3-flowered flat-topped clusters in leaf axils. Seed capsules open quickly when ripe.
Height:
To 16 inches
Habitat Description: Washes, ravines, flats, dunes, slopes, benches, bluffs, ledges, often in grassland, scrub, or chaparral, sometimes along roadsides or in other disturbed sites. Also documented in Pinyon Juniper Woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 6900 feet
Color:
Yellow or orange
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Nov
Description:
Flowers are 1 inch wide and have 5 yellow or orange petals. The orange petals often have red, flame-like streaks on them; opening in the morning and withering by late afternoon.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are succulent, alternate, and lanceolate (narrow oval shape tapering to a point at each end) or narrowly linear in shape. The stems are fleshy and red-brown in color. The roots are large and tuberous.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Ovoid to about 1/4 inch long.
Seed Notes: Curved with ridges.
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