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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Perennial with slender rhizomes, herbage covered with soft, hairs closely pressed against herbage, stems usually several, erect to somewhat trailing; leaves opposite and crowded on stems, oval; flowers pink to nearly white, purplish markings.
Identification notes: Stems to 10 inches, usually several, spreading hairs, sometimes glandular; leaves lance-triangular, hairy both surfaces, margins scalloped, elongated flower clusters in axils of reduced upper leaves, flowers pink to white with purplish markings.
Height:
To 10 inches
Habitat Description: Pine forests, slopes, roadsides.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 5000 - 7500 feet
Color:
Pink to white, purplish markings
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jul
Description:
Solitary in the axils of slightly reduced upper leaves; stems short, <1/6 inch long; sepals <1/8 inch long, bearing a raised appendage near the upper lip; flowers to 1 inch long, upper lip arched and hood-like; stamens 4.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems and leaves covered in soft, spreading or downward-pointing hairs, margins smooth to toothed, short stemmed or without stems, hairs sometimes glandular.
Fruit Type: Nutlet
Fruit Notes: 4 nutlets per fruit.
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