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 Leaves and flowers Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaf Patrick Alexander @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:
Grows in dense tufts from slightly woody bases, simple or sparingly branched. Somewhat woody with a dwarf, compactly branched habit, usually not taller than 6 inches and densely leafy.
Identification notes: Large, showy flowers, tubes 1/2 to 3/4 inch, lobes 1/4 to 1/2 inch, flowers several to many per plant. Leaves narrow, thin, pointed, deciduous. Sepals keeled; styles longer than the sepals. Taprooted.
Height:
2-1/2 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Dry, sandy, rocky slopes, open sites, shrub-lands and woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 4000 - 7500 feet
Color:
White to deep pink
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jun
Description:
Flowers on individual stems, 1/2 to 3/4 inch tubular flowers, 1-1/4 inches across the face of the flower, petals somewhat notched; sepals with or without soft hairs, keeled, may be glandular; stamens inserted on the upper tube; stigmas within the stamens.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves lance-like, 3/4 to 3 inches long, deeply longitudinally grooved; hairy to hairy-glandular to no hairs; stems simple or sparingly branched.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Ovary egg-shaped or oblong, 3-celled.
Seed Notes: 1 or several seeds in each cell.
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