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 Basal leaves Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Gordon Scott @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Eriogonum polycladon
General Desc:
Annual herb, 2 to 24 inches tall, from a slender taproot; smooth stems spreading to erect, diffusely branched at or above the base; leaves mostly basal; scapose (bare leafless stalks) stems above base; white to pink or red flowers in round clusters.Â
Identification notes: Slender erect stems, unbranched below flowers, not hairy; leaves round, mostly basal, hairy, whitish, grayish, lighter above, stems to 1-1/2 inches; flowers delicate, white, pink to red, dangling round clusters; sepals not hairy, pressed against branches.
Height:
2 to 24 inches
Habitat Description: Found on sandy to gravelly or clayey flats and slopes, in grassland and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands, and ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3000 - 8000 feet
Color:
White to pink, red
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Sep
Description:
Flower heads form cluster held together by smooth, cup-shaped structure (involucre); cluster on hairless stalk up to 1 inch, angling downward; clusters subtended by 3 scale-like bracts; 6 ruffly petal-like tepals, these white to pink, red with maturity.
Leaf Color:
Whitish, grayish, greenish
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Many branched from or above the base; leaves in rosette at base, or on lower stems; leaf stalks, 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long; round leaf blades to 1 inch long, smooth margins; Both sides of blades covered by cobwebby hairs; upper surface is lighter in color.
Fruit Color: Light brown to brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes 3-angled, less than 1/16 inch long, light brown to brown, smooth.
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