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 Flower head Willow LakeSue Smith |  Leaf attachment Willow LakeSue Smith |  Leaves Willow LakeSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow LakeSue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Kochia americana, Kochia prostrata
General Desc:
Annual branching forb, stems with minute grooves, erect and much-branched, herbage somewhat hairy with long scattered hairs.
Identification notes: The highly branched nature of this plant and the hairs that occur along the leaf margins are characteristics that help distinguish this weed from most other species. Young seedlings may be confused with common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album).
Height:
To 48 inches
Habitat Description: Saline or alkaline soils, in fields, pastures, rangelands, and disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 4875 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Aug - Oct
Description:
Flower heads are interrupted spikes, both terminal and axial. Flowers are sessile and subtended by 5 leaflike bracts. Flowers greenish, <1/16 inch, perfect, no petals, 5 exserted stamens and 2 to 3 stigmas.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves sessile, narrow, up to 4 inches long, thin, flat, upper surface smooth, short-soft-hairs are usually found on the lower surface, 3 to 5-veined below middle.
Fruit Color: Yellow
Fruit Notes: Small, bladderlike, thin-walled not splitting open, compressed-round.
Seed Notes: One seed per fruit. Seed horizontal, brownish, less than 1/16 inch wide, wedge-shaped, flat, slightly ribbed.
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