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 Leaves Ashley Shepherd Hall @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) |  Plant Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium, Usage Rights: Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Annuals with stems up to 16 inches long; branching along the ground or with tips growing upward; sparsely hairy; leaf blades palmate with 3 to 5 rounded lobes (like the fingers on a hand); 1 to 4 flowers in leaf axils.
Identification notes: Trailing, low-growing, stems sometimes flushed purple-maroon; leaves, stems slightly hairy; leaves 3 to 5 lobed; petals white, light purple or pink, not spotted, equal the sepals in length; flowers have male and female parts, subtended by leafy bracts.
Height:
Up to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Found in desert habitats, rocky, sandy soil, roadsides and fields.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 4000 feet
Color:
White, pink, light purple
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Feb - Jun
Description:
Small flowers, seldom exceeding leaves; 1 to 4 in leaf axils, scattered on stem, occasionally near stem base; flowers with leafy subtending bractlets 1/8 to 1/4 inch long; sepals somewhat united at the base; 12 to 15 styles.
Leaf Color:
Green, dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Palmate
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems sometimes flushed with purple-maroon; leaves palmately cleft with 3 to 5 rounded lobes (like the fingers on a hand); generally >3/4 inch wide; lobe tips smooth or 3-toothed;Â slightly hairy.
Fruit Notes: Disc-shaped fruits (schizocarps), 1/4 inch, 9 to 13 mericarps (segments); wedge-shaped in cross-section, with rounded margins; surfaces blackish and prominently wrinkled, outer walls cross-ridged; fruit splits at maturity into several 1-seeded carpels.
Seed Notes: Seeds solitary.
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