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 Flower Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Flower bracts Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Leaf Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow Lake TrSue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Perennial herb from slender, mostly woody roots; stems ascending, much-branched, especially near the base; herbage sparsely covered with scales and coarse white branched or star-shaped hairs.
Identification notes: Perennial with slender rhizomes. Stems hairy, much branched and trailing. Leaves sparsely covered with coarse star-like hairs. Flowers yellowish-green to purplish on slender stalks in leaf axils; calyx 5-lobed and densely hairy.
Height:
10 inches
Habitat Description: Dry plains, mesas, roadsides and disturbed ground.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2500 - 7500 feet
Color:
White to yellowish-green to purplish
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Dec
Description:
Regular-shaped with 5 spreading lobes to 3/4 inch wide on stems in leaf axils and on slender stems. Sepals and petals are fused. Base of petals is raised and white.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems ascending to trailing, much-branched, especially near the base; herbage sparsely covered with small scales and coarse white, branched or star-like hairs. Leaves linear to lance-like, margin smooth to deeply lobed.
Fruit Color: Yellow
Fruit Type: Berry-like
Fruit Notes: Bracts are 5-lobed and bell-shaped, densely hairy and enlarging in fruit to wrap around the berry-like fruit to form a seed pod.
Seed Notes: Light brown, flattened, kidney-shaped.
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