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 Leaves Paul Rothrock @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Mongo @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Public Domain |  Stem with hairs Robert Barber @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Erect or spreading perennial; creeping rhizomes; sticky-hairy plant with short, glandular hairs and slender, spreading hairs; leaf blades round to heart-shaped; bearing 1 stalked, bell-shaped, yellowish flower with a purplish-brown center.
Identification notes: Perennial, creeping rhizomes, stems usually branched from the base; leaf blades mostly 2 inches long or more, usually coarsely toothed, rounded to heart-shaped; herbage with short glandular hairs and long flat hairs; flowers yellowish, purple near center.
Height:
8 to 36 inches
Habitat Description: Dry upland woods or sandy soil, clearings, prairies, and is found in cultivated and fallow fields, along roadsides and railroads.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 4000 - 7000 feet
Color:
Yellowish, purplish-brown
Shape:
Bell-shaped not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jun - Oct
Description:
Flowers usually solitary, hanging down; 5 petals, sepals, or tepals; petals or sepals are fused into cup; lobes triangular, margins straight or slightly curved inward; corolla yellowish, bell-shaped, purplish-brown near center, 3/4 inch wide; 5 stamens.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Alternate; 1 leaf per node along the stem; leaf blades round to heart-shaped; usually coarsely toothed, mostly 2-1/2 inches long; pedicels 1/2 inch at flowering, to 1 inch in fruit.
Fruit Type: Berry-like
Fruit Notes: Enlarged and inflated bladders around the fruit, usually completely enclosing the berry.
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