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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Branched, hairy annual; basal leaves occur at the first few nodes; stem leaves gradually reduce in size towards top plant; many flowers on seedhead.
Identification notes: Annual; erect to spreading; matted woolly hairs, greenish or reddish; base not woody; flowering stems erect; basal and stem leaves; basal blades lance-like to oval; stem blades smaller; flower white to yellow, pink to red; conspicuous rose-purple spot.
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Found on sandy or gravelly surfaces or on clay flats and slopes, in mixed grassland, salt bush, creosote bush, and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper and montane conifer woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 300 - 8200 feet
Color:
White to yellow, pink to red
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Nov
Description:
Flower stems have many clusters of flowers; flowers 1/8 inch long; white to yellow, or pink to red; glandular, minutely covered with short hairs, single large rose-purple spot or stripe on the outer lobes; outer lobes wider and shorter than inner lobes.
Leaf Color:
Greenish, reddish, grayish
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stem leaves alternate or whorled, 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long, 3/4 inch wide; woolly below, sparsely woolly to nearly hairless and grayish to greenish above; stem leaves gradually reduced towards top; margins entire; basal leaf stalks about 3/4 inch long.
Fruit Color: Brown or black
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: 3 edges; 1/16 inch long with smooth surfaces.
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