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 Flower and leaf Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaf Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
A coarse prostrate plant with spreading stems and ascending branches that are covered with hairs.
Height:
Sprawling stems to 3 feet
Habitat Description: Sandy soil in deserts and arid grassland, roadsides, mesas, plains, and disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 5000 feet
Color:
White and purple
Shape:
Irregular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Oct
Description:
White and purple tubular flower, 1-1/2 inches long with yellow throat and 2 lips divided into 5 lobes; 2 upper lobes with purplish
blotches and 3 lower lobes slightly streaked with pink.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are broadly triangular, shallowly lobed, long-stalked, 2 - 6 inches wide, and somewhat wrinkled. The leaf margins are lobed, scalloped or toothed.
Fruit Color: Dark green, brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Fuzzy, okra-like pod up to 7 inches long. The young fruit is dark green, very sticky, hairy, and fleshy. At maturity the fleshy skin splits open lengthwise into 2 long curving sharp "claws".
Seed Notes: Black seeds.
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