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 Bracts Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves and flower head Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant University of California at Davis Herbarium, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual or perennial
General Desc:
Hairless stems and leaves; leaves divided into 3 leaflets, broad and ovate to narrow and oval, small teeth on reddish edges; leaflets often fold upwards slightly along mid-vein, and have prominent, lighter-colored side veins.
Identification notes: Weak stemmed; leaves mostly basal, few alternate stem leaves, divided into 3 oval, finely toothed leaflets; flower head rounded, to 1 inch wide with many red, purple, pink, or white pea-like flowers; flat, fused, sharp-tipped bracts form 10-veined tube.
Height:
To 20 inches
Habitat Description: Found in moist soils and wet areas in coniferous forests and along streams
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 6500 - 9000 feet
Color:
Red, purple, pink, or white
Shape:
Irregular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
May - Oct
Description:
Usually more than 10 flowers, in round heads greater than 1/2 inch wide; flowers 1/2 inch long; whorl of bracts that are divided nearly to the base create thin lobes that surround the heads; fine thin hairs on stalk.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Trifoliate (3 leaflets) leaves, leaflets narrower at base, lance-shaped to oval, with rounded, squared, or broad tips, margins finely toothed; stipules (appendages at base of stem) lance-like with long, pointed tips, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Small, cylindrical and tapering (terete) pods, not splitting open to release seed when ripe (indehiscent).
Seed Notes: 1 to 4 seeds.
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