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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 plant with spreading thick stems and ascending branches that are covered with hairs.
Identification notes: Densely hairy annual; slender taproot and fibrous roots. Stems erect to spreading; leaves opposite, 3 to 7 shallow lobes on long stalks. Purple, pink and white tubular flowers have 5 irregular lobes and a yellow stripe inside the lower portion.
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 - 6900 feet
Color:
Purple, pink, white and yellow
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Oct
Description:
White, pink and purple tubular flower, 1-1/2 inches long with yellow striped throat and 2 lips, the 2 lobes of the upper lip with purplish blotches and the 3 lobes of the lower lip slightly streaked with pink. Stems have only a few flowers.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are broadly ovate, shallowly lobed, long-stalked, 2 to 6 inches wide, and somewhat wrinkled. The leaf margins are lobed, scalloped or toothed. Lower leaves are opposite, upper alternate.
Fruit Color: Dark green, brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fuzzy, okra-like, 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: Warty black seeds less than 1/2 inch long.
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