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 Flower Sue Smith |  Leaf Sue Smith |  Leaves Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Sue Smith |  Field of blooms Sue Smith | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
A sprawling annual with orangish-yellow flowers on trailing or sometimes erect hairy stems. Its blooms are sometimes mistaken for the 4-petaled flowers of the spring-blooming California poppy, which is not related.
Identification notes: Annual, stems hairy and mostly trailing. Leaves opposite, pinnate, smooth or hairy underneath. Flowers orange, solitary on axillary stalks, petals to 2-1/2 inches long. Tiny black seeds are borne in slender beaked fruits, fruit beaks to 1/4 inch long.
Height:
Trailing, 1 to 3-1/4 feet
Habitat Description: Desert scrub and grasslands; along roads and sandy washes, flats, slopes, mesas, disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 5000 feet
Color:
Orangish-yellow
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Feb - Sep
Description:
Flowers are round and flat to somewhat bowl-shaped; 1 to 2-1/2 inches wide with dark reddish orange center; made up of 5 broad fan-shaped petals with dark reddish-orange lines and bases; blossoms on top of long hairy stalks.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Feather-like, 1-1/2 to 4-1/2 inches long; divided into 5 to 9 pairs of elliptical leaflets.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Notes: Body of fruits is knobby and topped with a columnar beak much longer than the body of the fruit.
Seed Notes: Seeds remain viable for at least 3 years and germinate at irregular intervals.
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