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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Plant less than 7 inches high; stems up to 10 inches long growing erect or leaning; narrow, folded basal and stem leaves. Flowers are about 1/2 inch across; seed pods round.
Identification notes: Basal leaves linear or nearly so, less than 1/8 inch wide, usually not forming a distinct rosette; fruit stalk straight, curved upward or curved like an "S"; capsules hairy with soft hairs, not hanging; yellow flowers.
Height:
To 7 inches
Habitat Description: Found on limestone soils dry, sandy, gravelly, or rocky soils, on clay-like hillsides, dry stream beds, open knolls, open pinyon juniper woods, and open stands of sagebrush, Gambel oak or ponderosa pine communities.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5500 - 7300 feet
Color:
Yellow, yellowish-green
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Aug
Description:
4 sepals in 2 pairs, slightly different in shape, yellowish-green, about 1/4 inch long; 4 yellow petals are up to twice as long, spatula-like to oblong shape, relatively broad base and flat at top. Flowers bilaterally rather than radially symmetrical.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Narrow leaves grow from base, rolled up at the edges, blunt tips, 1-1/2 inches long, forming thick, tangled clumps; unbranched, stout, woody stems grow upward or at an angle; leaves and stems covered by short, dense, branched hairs.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsules hairy with soft hairs, oval.
Seed Notes: Flattened, 2 to 8 seeds per capsule chamber.
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