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 Basal leaves Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant - summer Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Seedhead - closeup Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Introduced
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Erect plants, usually with long tap roots. The fleshy to leathery leaves form a basal rosette at the root. The basal leaves may be different from those near the inflorescence.
Identification notes: Tall, erect, tap rooted perennial, smooth stemmed, without side branches. Basal leaf blades longer than wide, tapering, rough wavy margined. Flowers in whorls of 10 to 25 on branched terminal stem, dense or interrupted at base, branches usually straight.
Height:
To 4 feet
Habitat Description: Moist soil along streams, roadsides, ditches and in pastures.
Plant Communities:
Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3200 - 9000 feet
Color:
Yellowish-green maturing to dark pink
Shape:
Other in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Oct
Description:
Small greenish flowers occur in dense whorls on the upper portion of a elongated stem, consisting of tepals (sepals and petals) that become reddish-brown with age.
Leaf Color:
Dark green to bluish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Lance-shaped, wavy-curled margins, alternate on stems, mostly basal to 1 foot long. Lower basal leaves are petioled, without hairs, alternately arranged on the stem. Stem leaves are arranged alternately along the stem.
Fruit Color: Reddish-brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: A small hard dry fruit, 1/8 inch long, that is triangular, glossy, and brown to reddish-brown. A papery 3-valved or 3-winged structure surrounds the fruit.
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