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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Rootstock thick; stems ascending to erect, unbranched, sometimes wavy, smooth, without hairs, 4 to 14 inches tall; stems have milky juice.
Identification notes: Stems ascending to erect; stem leaves oblong to round, widest above middle, flower leaves wider than long; 5 clusters of male flowers surround 1 female flower; glands with rounded teeth on margins, without petal-like appendages and slightly 2-horned.
Height:
4 to 14 inches
Habitat Description: Dry slopes, flats, canyons, open pine-oak forests, roadsides, fields, and clearings.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 4000 - 8000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jun
Description:
Yellow bracts join to form tiny cup (involucre); 5 clusters of male flowers surround 1 female flower with 3 ovary chambers, 1 seed per chamber, 3 styles, divided; glands with rounded teeth on margins, without petal-like appendages, slightly 2-horned.
Leaf Color:
Light green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Light green, generally alternate, fleshy, numerous; oblong to round, wider than long, to 3/8 inch wide and 1/4 inch long; margins smooth, tip pointed to rounded.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsules egg-shaped and about 1/4 inch long.
Seed Notes: Seeds ashy (gray), oblong and about 1/8 inch long, with a brown caruncle (appendage at attachment of seed), which is easily removed; surface net-like; irregularly pitted.
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