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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Subshrub; bark shreddy, pale gray; stems with stiff hairs, intricately branched, woody; leaves with pointed tips and margins rolled under.
Identification notes: Bushy, woody above base; stiff hairs; leaves tipped with a sharp point, margins rolled under, veins obscure except prominent midrib on underside, whorls of 4; female flowers on branch ends, greenish-yellow; male in branched clusters, fruit not fleshy.
Height:
To 3 feet
Habitat Description: Found on dry, rocky desert slopes, along arroyos, rock crevices in canyons, and along sandy washes or talus slopes.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: Below 5000 feet
Color:
White to greenish-yellow
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - May
Description:
Dense to diffuse, many-flowered, elongated clusters, stems straight, petals greenish-yellow to white, petal tips blunt or a little elongated, petals somewhat round, sparsely hairy; female flowers on ends of leafy branches; male in branched clusters.
Leaf Color:
Pale grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Whorl
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems densely hairy; leaves in whorls, 4 per node, lance-like to needle-like, 1/2 inch long, rigid, tips pointed, somewhat rough to the touch, minutely hairy, prominent white midvein.
Fruit Notes: Twin fruit, densely covered with white silky straight hairs, <1/4 inch long.
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