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 Leaves and flowers Gregory Gust @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Gregory Gust @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Round clusters of about a dozen flowers, borne on short, thick stems. Leaves green, either bright green and hairless or gray-green with a dense covering of fine hairs.
Identification notes: Short, woody plant, many erect stems; 2 forms, green, hairless or gray and woolly. Leaves lance-like to oval, up to 3/4 inch wide. Cylindrical (torulose) follicles (dry, many-seeded fruits opening along one side), distinctly constricted between seeds.
Height:
8 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy deserts.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands
Elevation: 1000 - 5000 feet
Color:
Pale grayish-blue
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jun
Description:
Green flower tube to 1/2 inch long, ringed by narrow, purplish bracts, opening out into 5 pointed grayish-blue (lead-blue) petal lobes; yellowish-green at the base.
Leaf Color:
Green, grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems 8 to 16 inches tall; leaves alternate, oval to lance-like, green and hairless or gray-green with a dense covering of fine hairs, 3/4 to 2 inches long and to 3/4 inch wide.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Follicles (dry, many-seeded fruits opening along one side) 1-1/2 to 3 inches long, without hairs to woolly matted hairs, distinctly constricted between the seeds.
Seed Notes: Oval, corky, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide.
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