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 Flowers Willow Dells TrSue Smith |  Leaves Willow Dells TrSue Smith |  Leaves Willow Dells TrSue Smith |  Plant - spring Willow Dells TrSue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: P. lanceolatum
General Desc:
Stems erect, bushy-branching, stems and undersides of leaves with stiff straight hairs, gland-dotted, arising from long-creeping rhizomes.Â
Identification notes: Erect, bushy plant arising from long-creeping rhizomes. Leaves with short stiff hairs below, glandular-dotted, mostly with 3 leaflets, lower leaves often have 4 to 5 leaflets. Flower bluish-purple to purple. Seed pods ovoid, tapering to a beak.
Height:
To 2 feet
Habitat Description: Dry slopes, plains, open pine forest, woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4000 - 7500 feet
Color:
Purple, bluish-purple
Shape:
Irregular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Slender, interrupted, unbranched flower cluster, 2 to 21 flowers, mostly 3 flowers per node; bracts somewhat lance-shaped; flowers bell-shaped to tubular, 1-1/2 to 2-3/4 inches long, purple to bluish-purple.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are mostly trifoliate (sometimes 4 to 5 leaflets), leaflets elliptic, oblong or lance-shaped with the broader part above the middle tapering to the base, dotted with glands.
Fruit Color: Green, yellow, brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Smooth, gland-dotted, tipped by short straight beak.
Seed Notes: 1 seed per pod.
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