Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual or perennial
General Desc:
Sprawling mounded plant with large gray-green leaves and large rank-smelling large white flowers. Identification notes: Tall plant with a spreading habit, large ovate gray-green leaves and large white funnel-shaped flowers with 5 teeth and spiky round fruits with spines. Height:
To 4 feet Habitat
Habitat Description: Dry washes and roadsides in deserts, creosote brush, sagebrush and uplands. Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas Elevation: 1000 - 6500 feet Flower Characteristics
Color:
White to pale bluish-purple
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Nov Description:
Trumpet-shaped rank smelling white flowers to 8 inches long with 5 large fused petals sometimes tinged with violet (bluish-purple) and a tendril-like tip at the middle edge of each petal. The flowers open late in the day and close in the morning.
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Arrow-shaped velvety leaves are to 6 inches long and have prominent veins. The margins are wavy. Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Fruit Color: Green to brown Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Notes: Round, spiny capsules are up to 2 inches wide. Seed Notes: Capsules contain many brown to red-brown seeds.
Arizona Cooperative Extension
Yavapai County
840 Rodeo Dr #C
Prescott, AZ 86305
(928) 445-6590