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 Leaves Hwy 97Sue Smith |  Plant - spring Hwy 97Sue Smith | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A small, early spring wildflower with basal leaves and flower stems of usually 2 to 3 fairly large white to pinkish-purple flowers.
Identification notes: Erect perennial with tuberous roots, stems less than 1 foot tall. Leaves mostly basal in groups of threes, incised and toothed and on short leaf stalks. Stems usually end in 2 to 3 white to pinkish-purple flowers of petal-like sepals, petals are missing.
Height:
5 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Rocky slopes, cliff ledges, partial shade, along streams.
Plant Communities:
Riparian
Elevation: 2500 - 5000 feet
Color:
White to pinkish or light purple
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Feb - Mar
Description:
White to pale lavender flowers, 1-1/2 inches wide; each bloom lacks petals, but has 5 to 11 elliptical petal-like sepals around a fuzzy, green and pinkish lavender center; the sepals are finely hairy below; usually 2 to 3 flowers atop a single stem.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Other
Leaf Margin:
Other
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Few basal leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, on stems and divided 1 to 2 times into stalkless lobed leaflets; 3 stem leaves in a whorl at mid-stem.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Densely hairy.
Seed Notes: The brown, woolly, cylindrical seed head, 1/2 to 1 inch long, produces seed-like fruits that are dispersed by the wind.
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