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 Basal leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plants Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Dwarf plants, root from horizontal stems (stolons), forming mats; leaves and stems have woolly hairs; male and female flowers on different plants; some populations only have female flowers.
Identification notes: Upper leaf margins white with woolly, matted hair, green above without hairs; small leaf-like structure at the attachment of leaflet; flowers in rounded clusters of 3 to 7, longer branches at the bottom. Plants with male or female flowers only.
Height:
2-1/2 to 11-1/2 inches
Habitat Description: Found on rocky slopes and ridges, in moist forests with ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce or Gamble oak communities.
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 5000 - 9500 feet
Color:
Whitish
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Jul
Description:
Small round disc-like whitish flower heads of many small flowers; male flowers 5-toothed; female flowers have narrow petals; bracts at base of the flower head layered, base brown, tips white, thin, papery, membranous.
Leaf Color:
Green to gray
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems 2 to 7-1/2 inches with glands and soft hairs; leaves smooth green above, soft hairs below, margins white woolly; oval basal leaves spatula-like, 1 veined, 1/2 to 1 inch long, form a rosette; stem leaves linear 1/4 to 3/4 inch long pointed at tip.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruit is small, dry, cylindrical, round in a cross-section with bristles fused to its apex.
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