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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Low-growing plant, generally around 1 foot tall; stems branch from the base and most of the way to the tip; covering of cobwebby hairs below the middle, becoming mostly hairless, sometimes with glands towards the top; flowers have a sweet honey scent.
Identification notes: Sparse cobwebby hairs on once or twice lobed, mostly basal leaves, stem leaves reduced, not lobed; flowers pinkish-purple, bluish-purple ring at throats, yellow inside, short-stemmed in terminal clusters; sepals streaked or spotted with purple.
Height:
2-1/2 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Found in sandy canyons, on mountain slopes and along arroyos (dry washes with steep sides).
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1500 - 5000 feet
Color:
Pinkish-purple, bluish-purple, yellow
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Feb - May
Description:
Pinkish-purple petals, bluish-purple ring at throats, yellow center; compact clusters on long stalks at branch tips; funnel-shaped tube, 1/4 to 1 inch long; 5 pointed sepals streaked or spotted with purple; 5 stamen with white filaments and blue anthers.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Most leaves in a rosette at plant base, stem leaves reduced, few, alternate, sparsely cobwebby; lower leaves are once or twice pinnately lobed; lobes broad at base, small spike at the tip.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, broadly ovoid; containing several seeds.
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