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Origin:
Introduced
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Leaves aromatic when crushed, alternate along the mostly trailing stems, hairy, sticky, the margins smooth, toothed, or lobed. Flowers tiny in compact clusters at the bases of the leaves.
Identification notes: Annual covered with stalked glandular outgrowths; prostrate to sub-erect, much-branched to simple. Leaf blades with margins coarsely tooth and lobed. Flower petals united well below middle, barely enclosing the fruit. Seeds vertical.
Height:
10 inches
Habitat Description: Waste areas on rocky, sandy, or gravelly soils, sidewalks, rare in moist soils in forests.
Plant Communities:
Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 5100 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Aug - Oct
Description:
Flowers tiny less than 1/8 inch across, compact clusters at the base of the leaves. Flower bracts leaflike, oval, margins somewhat toothed, apex blunt.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems spreading or prostrate, 8 to 16 inches long with glandular hairs; leaves, oblong or lance-like, lobed, to 1 inch long, lobed margins with 2 to 4 lobes per side, large yellow glands beneath.
Fruit Color: Reddish brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Oval, small, dry 1-seeded fruit; outer wall of fruit free from seed coat is thin, pliable and slightly wrinkled.
Seed Notes: Seeds reddish-brown, oval, less than 1/16 inch, margins rounded; seed coat smooth.
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