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 Basal leaves Anthony Mendoza @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) |  Plant - summer Hwy 97Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Hwy 97Sue Smith | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual or perennial Similar Species: Baileya pleniradiata
General Desc:
Well developed taproot; herbage densely white woolly, mostly basal leaves with flowers extending 4 to 16 inches or more above the basal leaves. May be a biennial based on elevation and rainfall.
Identification notes: Annual or short lived perennial; leaves densely white and wooly, form basal rosettes and are found on the lower half of the stem; stem leaves are alternate and sessile; flowers showy, solitary on stems that are 4 to 16 inches, ray and disc flowers yellow.
Height:
4 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Arroyo bottoms, outwash slopes, sandy plains and roadsides; prefers sandy, gravelly areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2000 - 5000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Nov
Description:
Daisy-like, lemon yellow, 2 inches wide, multiple layers of overlapping ray flowers with tooth-like edges, surrounding as many as 100 yellow disc flowers.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Rosette of lobed and stemmed leaves. Leaves on the flower stems small, sessile and lobed. All leaves are white-woolly.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Short-cylindric, 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, evenly striate, without pappus.
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