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 Plant - summer Pumphouse Wash, Navajo ReservationMax Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant - summer Navajo ReservationMax Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or perennial
General Desc:
Stout erect stem bears several branches with yellow daisy-like flower heads. A short-lived perennial (sometimes classified as an annual or biennial). Invades overgrazed ranch land.
Identification notes: Highly resinous, biennial or short lived perennial. Leaves alternate, clasping, oblong with saw-toothed edges. Stems few, white or straw colored. Flower heads have yellow ray and disc flowers. Flower head bract tips spreading recurved, bases scaly.
Height:
To 3 feet.
Habitat Description: Found on sands, clays and sub-alkaline soils; disturbed sites, grasslands, along streams and in forest and woodland understories.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 5000 - 7000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Oct
Description:
Yellow rays, darker yellow disc flowers, daisy-like flower heads to 1-1/2 inches wide; bract tips surrounding flower heads are rolled back and very sticky.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Variable shaped leaves, from oval to spoon shaped. Stemless, clasping reddish stem at base; middle and upper leaves mostly clasping; to 4 inches long. Leaves are dotted with glands.
Fruit Color: Brownish to gray
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes are short, thick, and compressed, straw colored, brown or gray; topped with a pappus of 2 to 3 straight awns, shorter than the disc corollas.
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