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 Leaves and fruit Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Ipomoea purpurea
General Desc:
Stems arise from elongated tubers and are erect to ascending, not hairy; leaves are thread-like, highly divided into 5 divisions, some divisions are just short nubs, edges often rolled inward; flowers purple, pinkish-purple, or reddish, funnel-shaped.Â
Identification notes: Erect to ascending slender branches; leaves divided, almost thread-like, not stemmed, bundled; flowers purple, pinkish-purple, or reddish, solitary; fruit a rounded capsule; similar to I. plummerae, but smaller leaves and shorter flower stems.
Height:
Less than 12 inches
Habitat Description: Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine.
Plant Communities:
Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5000 - 8200 feet
Color:
Purple, pinkish-purple, reddish
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jul - Sep
Description:
Flowers solitary, funnel-like on short slender branches; outer sepals with noticeable outgrowths, oblong, stamens do not protrude.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Dissected
Leaf Attachment:
Whorl
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves in bundles, without stems, highly divided in thread-like divisions, edges of divisions often rolled inward, generally with 5 divisions, sometimes individual divisions just short nubs, to 1/2 inch long.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Rounded.
Seed Notes: Seeds 1 to 4, 3 egg-shaped, black to dark brown with short erect hairs.
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