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 Plant Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium, Usage Rights: Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Ground hugging annual; branched from a central point; leaves and stems generally hairy, usually with long hairs at nodes, milky sap; oval leaves, flower clusters without petal-like appendages.
Identification notes: Leaves opposite, widest below the middle, hairy, taper towards tip, toothed especially towards tip; seeds wrinkled, fruit capsules <1/16 inch (2mm), not hairy; stipules not united into a membranous scale; with or without white petal-like appendages.
Height:
Trailing to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Juniper-oak woodlands, temperate deciduous forests, grasslands, pine forests, oak forests with sycamores, walnuts and alders, often in disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 6000 - 7500 feet
Color:
Green
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Oct
Description:
Separate male (5 to 15 flowers), female (1 flower) cup-like structures (cyathia) on the same plant, clusters <1/8 inch, solitary or in leafy clusters on upper most stems; glands red to reddish-green, petal-like appendages absent or white.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Lance-shaped, margins toothed, to 3/4 inch long, usually half to 2/3 as wide, very short-stemmed, may have dark reddish blotch in the middle. Leaves may be hairy, stems hairy; stipules (leaf-like appendages at leaf bases) triangular.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Less than 1/16 inch long, not hairy.
Seed Notes: Gray, black or brown, wrinkled to smooth, sharply angled.
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