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 Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A white, woolly, perennial with erect stems and often clustered from creeping rhizomes. Has a strong sagebrush odor.
Identification notes: Woolly perennial; stems few to numerous, erect; leaves gray-green or greenish-white, hairy, linear to broadly elliptic, many divided into narrow lobes; flower heads of disc flowers, petals yellow, sometimes red-tinged, stemless or stemmed and drooping.
Height:
1 to 2-1/4 feet
Habitat Description: Found on exposed slopes, forests, woodlands, and sandy floodplains.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 2500 - 8500 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Inconspicuous in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Aug - Sep
Description:
Flower heads are in small tight elongated clusters among the leaves near the ends of the stems. Each small flower head is a cup of hairy bracts surrounding disc flowers and less than 1/4 inch wide.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves vary from smooth to toothed to lobed and are 1-1/4 to 4-1/2 inches long and 9/16 inch wide.
Fruit Color: Light brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruits are dry, smooth, broadly cylindrical achenes.
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