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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Stems hairy, especially above, sometimes smooth nearer base, often reddish; leaves wavy; flowers pale bright pink to nearly white.
Identification notes: Annual; leaves wavy, white-waxy on lower surface; fruits shallowly curved looking somewhat like a tick; lateral ribs develop as curved wings with 4 to 8 slender teeth; stalked glands are found on the inwardly curving side of the fruit.
Height:
1 to 3 feet
Habitat Description: Open arid areas, often on sandy or gravelly soils, sometimes on clay or gypsum.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 4000 - 6000 feet
Color:
Pale to bright pink to nearly white
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Oct
Description:
Whorled bracts at base of flower; 1/4 inch long and round when mature with fine, short hairs, often sticky; calyx 1/4 inch long, purplish-red; sepals and petals pale to bright pink to nearly white.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves progressively reduced and proportionally narrower further from the base; blade usually strongly pleated-wavy, sometimes flat, 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long, egg-shaped; margins strongly wavy, sometimes smooth.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Fruit 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, shallowly convex; lateral ribs with 4 to 8 teeth, teeth slender and tapering gradually to narrow tip, sometimes gland-tipped; concave side with 5 to 7 glands per row.
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