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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or annual
General Desc:
A small plant with naked stems arising from a basal rosette of simple, toothed leaves; small star-like flowers at end of erect stems.
Identification notes: Plants annual or biennial, not mat-forming, found in moist to dry areas; leaves in rosettes, blade bases obscurely narrow to a stem; flower bracts relatively narrow, petals longer than the sepals.
Height:
To 12 Inches
Habitat Description: Found on gravelly stream beds, in moist ground of springs or meadows, mountain parks, or open coniferous forests.
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 6000 - 12000 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Sep
Description:
White funnel-shaped, star-like, with 5 roundish lobes; to 1/4 inch wide; on leafless erect stems.
Leaf Color:
Dark green to reddish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal rosette with blades 1/4 to 3/4 inch long, without a stalk of any kind, lance-like, without hairs to hairy with soft hairs, narrow oval shape tapering to a point at each end.
Fruit Color: Green, dark browm
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Valvate capsule (meeting at the edges without overlapping).
Seed Notes: About 1/16 inch long.
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