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 Plant - summer Sedona areaMax Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | | |
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Origin:
Introduced
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Erect to sprawling, simple to much-branched plant with spikes of minute flowers. Covered with sparse to dense mealy powder.
Identification notes: A white, mealy powder covers the plant; larger leaves irregularly toothed, non-aromatic; stems shorter than blades, sometimes longer, shape a narrow oval tapering to a point at each end, 3 or more nerved; flowers small, clustered, green; fruit smooth.
Height:
1 to 3 feet
Habitat Description: This herb particularly likes disturbed soil but will grow anywhere.
Plant Communities:
Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 6000 feet
Color:
Greenish
Shape:
Inconspicuous in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Oct
Description:
Tiny, green, stalkless flowers are packed in dense clusters at the tips of the main stem and branches. The tiny flowers lack petals, and like the leaves, are also covered in a white powdery coating.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are clammy-feeling, unwettable, and have a whitish coating on the underside. The first leaves are roughly diamond-shaped and somewhat toothed toward the point, and the later leaves are narrow and toothless.
Fruit Color: Black
Fruit Notes: Small, bladder-like, thin-walled fruit that splits open when ripe; surface smooth to covered with small, soft projections.
Seed Notes: Each plant may produce tens of thousands of tiny, black, shiny seeds with rounded edges. The seeds may appear dullish brown due to the papery covering. The seeds are mature when the flower clusters turn reddish-brown.
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