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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plants Stephen Hale @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
A small erect forb with branched stems and small terminal white flowers.
Identification notes: Delicate erect annual with taproot about 1/16 inch, sparsely branched, with internodes longer than leaves, hairless to slightly glandular; leaves opposite, narrow; flowers white with 5 deep cleft petals; sepals pointed, 3-veined with white margins.
Height:
To 8 Inches
Habitat Description: Found in a range of habitats from pine forests and woodlands to pine-oak woodlands, canyon bottoms to ridges, from rocky soils and ridge tops to deep soils in dry canyons.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5000 - 9000 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Aug - Sep
Description:
Many-flowered stems; terminal flower opens first; flower stems 3/4 to 2 inches long, hairless to minutely glandular; rounded bracts, 1/16 inch long; 5 egg-shaped sepals, somewhat reflexed at the apex; 5 petals, about 1/16 inch.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves opposite, hairless, narrowly oblong, 2 to 10 inches long, about 1/16 inch across, often rolled and coiled from tip downward, tip rounded to acute, with smooth margined stipules 1/16 inch long.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule about 1/16 inch long.
Seed Notes: 5 to 20 seeds per capsule.
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