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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Small yellow petals on flowers in an elongated, unbranched stem. The leaves are compound with sharp teeth pointing forward, oval to elliptical; leaflets are short, sharp-pointed and strongly veined.
Identification notes: Perennial with leafy stems that have long stiff spreading hairs and are somewhat glandular. Leaves of 7 to 13 leaflets, somewhat bristly and rough above and soft hairs beneath. Sepals are short and pointed.
Height:
1-1/2 to 3-1/4 feet
Habitat Description: Found in moist soils, often in thick woods.
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 5500 - 8500 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Sep
Description:
5-petaled, petals 3/16 inch long, flowers densely crowded on a spike-like cluster blooming from bottom upward. The outer rim of the flower head is lined with tiny hooked bristles.
Leaf Color:
Dark green, light green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves dark green above, light green beneath, gland dotted, hairy, odd-pinnately compound, to 8 inches long; mixture of 7 to 13 large and small leaflets, elliptic to oval, 3/16 to 4-3/4 inches long, margins with coarse teeth, sparsely hairy.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achene, usually 1 to 2 per flower.
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