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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Low-growing, mat-forming; plant has a distinctive whitish or grayish-green color due to the presence of dense white hairs on the leaves; leaves are the base in a basal rosette and distributed along the flowering stem. Flower heads on stems above leaves.
Identification notes: Leaves mostly in basal rosettes, blades hairy on upper surface; female flower heads 1/2 inch or more high, non-glandular and separated into male and female flower heads.
Height:
3 inches
Habitat Description: Found in pastures, prairies, roadsides, parks, open woods, and drier coniferous forests.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 5000 - 12000 feet
Color:
Green, purple, white, pink, red, brown
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Aug
Description:
Clusters of 2 to 7 flower heads made up of disc flowers only; female heads 1/2 inch long surrounded by green to purple bracts with white, pink, red or brown tips; male flower heads rounded with scaly white flowers and brown columns of stamens at center.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, 1-veined, narrow, egg-shaped to spoon-shaped 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide, margins smooth, leaves along stem mostly linear with pointed tips; dense matted hairs.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruit is a brown seed to 1/16 inch long with a tuft of white hair; hairs are 1/4 to 1/2 inch long.
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