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 Flowers Aspen Creek TrSue Smith |  Leaves Aspen Creek TrSue Smith |  Leaves Aspen Creek TrSue Smith |  Plant - summer Aspen Creek TrSue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Upright, delicate plant, male and female flowers are on separate plants. Flowers are small, clusters can be showy.
Identification notes: Leaves of 3-lobed leaflets, alternate, mostly without hairs beneath; flowers green to yellow, nodding; male and female flowers usually on different plants; sepals 4 per flower, light green; petals absent; male flowers dangling, yellow stamens.
Height:
2 to 5 feet
Habitat Description: Pine and spruce-fir forests and meadows, also in wet areas among willows, birch, mountain brush, and boxelder cottonwood communities.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 5000 - 9500 feet
Color:
White to green
Shape:
Irregular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Aug
Description:
Flowers do not have petals. Sepals are white to green. Male and female flowers are found on separate plants. Male flowers have many yellowish-green stamens dangling from purplish, threadlike stalks. Female flowers are tiny, rounded clusters.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stalked, compound leaves are divided several times into rounded leaflets giving the plant a delicate fern-like appearance. Leaves are wider than long, up to 1-1/2 inches in length.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: The fruit is a compressed, strongly nerved achene which contains a single seed.
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