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 Leaves Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Stems erect or lie along ground, tips curving upward, branched; leaves narrow to lance-like; petals to 1/8 inch, white, fade to pink or red; sepals <1/8 inch; stigmas surrounded by anthers; fruit capsules rounded to flattened, constricted between seeds.
Identification notes: Annual, simple to sparsely branched with a central stem; leaves alternate, narrow, reduced up the stem; flowers white, fade to pink or red, petals 4, stigma head-like, 8 stamens, 4 smaller; seeds in 1 row, >9, not overlapping; fruit knobby, cylindrical.
Height:
To 20 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy or gravely soil, in pinyon-juniper woodlands and pine forests, mountains bordering desert areas.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5900 - 14000 feet
Color:
White to pink to red
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Flowers in upper leaf axils; stigma head-like, surrounded by anthers; petals 4; sepals 4, bend downward.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Somewhat reduced going up the stem; short stemmed; leaf blade narrowly lance-like to narrow; about 1 inch long.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: To 1/4 inch long, stemmed, cylindrical, slightly knobby, erect.
Seed Notes: 10 to 25 seeds form 2 rows in each capsule, light brown mottled with dark brown.
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