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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Long, thin, narrow or lance-shaped (spear-like) basal leaves, often toothed or lobed; flower heads single, ray petals only, typically orange, each with a few tiny teeth at the tips. Unbranched stems are leafless. Orange flowers are common in the wild.
Identification notes: Leaves erect; leaf stem usually purple; blades long and narrow, widest in the middle, pointed at the tip, can be pointed at the base, smooth or toothed to irregularly lobed; flowers orange (sometimes yellow, pink, red, or purple), drying to purple.
Height:
8 to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Meadows, scrub, forest, stream sides.
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 7000 - 11500 feet
Color:
Orange, sometimes yellow, pink, red, purple, or white
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Aug
Description:
Ray flowers only, shorter toward the center; stamens upright; flower heads to 1 inch wide; solitary on erect, leafless stems. Bracts in 2 to 3 series, green, middles may be rosy purple, often with purplish-black blotches and/or mid-stripes.
Leaf Color:
Green, grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal leaves are narrow, lance-shaped and form a basal rosette. They are occasionally toothed or lobed, to 10 inches long and contain a milky sap.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Barrel-shaped to inverted cone shape, tip tapered; ribs straight, hairless to minutely rough hairs.
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