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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A densely, silvery-hairy erect perennial with few to many stems from a single base; leaves with many silvery-hairy leaflets; terminal, dense spike of small showy white flowers. The flowers attract butterflies and many species of bees.
Identification notes: Erect to ascending hairy stems, often reddish in color, branching; leaves compound, 19 to 31 elliptic leaflets; flower stems longer than the cylindric, dense, spikes of sessile, white pea-like flowers; petals leave scars when they fall.
Height:
1/2 to 2 feet
Habitat Description: Open slopes often in canyons, grasslands, pinyon/juniper woodlands and montane forest clearings, along roads and washes.
Plant Communities:
Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3500 - 7000 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Oct
Description:
Tiny pea-like white flowers in a cone-shaped dense spike cluster, 1 to 2-1/2 inches long; each flower is made up of 5 petals surrounding 10 long yellow stamens.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Narrow, compound leaves, 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long, made up of 5 to 9 pairs of elliptic leaflets.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Minutely hairy, glandular.
Seed Notes: 1 to 2 seeds per pod.
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