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 Flowers Aspen Creek TrSue Smith |  Leaves Aspen Creek TrSue Smith |  Plant - summer Aspen Creek TrSue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or perennial
General Desc:
Erect stems with many branches and narrow leaves. Flower heads of numerous, small, ovoid heads arranged in branched somewhat flattened clusters.
Identification notes: Gray leaves not extending downward on the stem, dense soft hairs matted like wool on both sides; medium-sized flower heads without leafy bracts; bracts below the flower head are strongly overlapping, thin, dry and membranous.
Height:
8 to 24 inches
Habitat Description: Lava beds, rocky sites, grasslands, oak, pine-oak, and pine woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3500 - 7000 feet
Color:
White or yellowish-white
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Oct
Description:
Clusters of pointed oval flower heads each containing many tiny disc flowers. The flower heads are arranged in clusters that resemble an umbel.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long, alternate and stalkless, flat, narrow, tapering at their base with smooth margins and gray hairs on both sides.
Fruit Color: Pale brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Ovoid, to 1/4 inch long.
Seed Notes: Ridged, warty; topped with bristles.
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