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 Flowers Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves and flowers Anthony Mendoza @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) |  Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Small bright reddish-pink, shallowly bowl-shaped flowers bloom on short stalks growing from axils of upper leaves on this succulent plant with spreading or erect stems. Flower has special value to native bees.
Identification notes: Only Calandrinia in Yavapai County. Stems are smooth and simple with several spreading stems from the base. Flowers are reddish, five petaled, and held in leafy racemes.
Height:
3 to 5 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy to loamy soils, grassy areas, cultivated fields; can be considered a weed in some areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2500 - 5000 feet
Color:
Red to purple (sometimes white)
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Feb - May
Description:
Flowers have 5 bright reddish-pink petals (sometimes white) about 1-1/2 to 6 inches long with notched tips and a white center. Inflorescence is a raceme bearing flowers on short stalks.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems prostrate to ascending. Leaf blades are linear to lance-shaped and hairy. The leaves are alternately arranged.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruits consist of egg-shaped capsules, roughly 1/6 to over 1/4 of an inch long that open into three sections. Each capsule contains numerous seeds.
Seed Notes: Seeds are tiny, nearly circular to oval, black, glossy, have a small notch at one end, and are roughly less than 1/16 of an inch in diameter.
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