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 Leaves Liz Makings @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) |  Fruit Anthony Mendoza @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Low-growing annual with toothed leaf margins; short hairs on stems, leaf margins and veins; a whitish to yellowish flower of united petals which radiate from a central point like the spokes of a wheel.
Identification notes: Low-growing annual, erect or ascending with strongly angled, much-branched stems; toothed leaf margins; short hairs on stems, leaf margins and veins; whitish to yellowish circular and flat flowers with deeper yellow centers, anthers greenish to purplish.
Height:
4 to 40 inches
Habitat Description: Found in fields and along roadsides and ditches.
Plant Communities:
Semidesert Grasslands, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3000 - 4000 feet
Color:
Whitish to yellowish
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Sep
Description:
Flowers solitary; whitish or pale yellow with dark yellow centers; anthers greenish to purplish, 1/4 inch long; flower stems slender, 1/4 to 3/4 inch and finely hairy when flowering; flowers about 1 inch across.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaf stems to 2 inches long; leaves 1/4 to 1-1/2 inches wide, 3/4 to 3 inches long; deeply toothed, sharply pointed at tip, wedge-shaped at base, margins finely ciliate (eyelash-like hairs).
Fruit Type: Berry-like
Fruit Notes: Egg-shaped berry-like, <1 inch, 10-angled, but angles not always clearly visible.
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