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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Perennial; rhizome; erect or leaning with a leafless flowering stem; leaves mainly on lower stem, each divided into 3 toothed lobes; stem bears 3 to 12 flowers, each in a red or green cup-like group of sepals; 5 white or pink petals.
Identification notes: Leaves mostly at base; basal leaves have 3 irregular lobes; 1 or 2 stem leaves; 3-lobed; short, rough, spreading hairs on leaves and stems; flower head 1 or more short, elongated cluster(s) with 3 to 12 flowers, petals jagged; short pedicels.
Height:
2 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Moist meadows, slopes, ponderosa pine forests.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5000 - 9000 feet
Color:
White, pink
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Seedhead loosely branched flower cluster; 3 to 12 flowers; calyx cup-shaped, 1/8 to 1/4 inch long; 5 sepals green to pinkish or reddish; petals white to pink, 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, 5-lobed; oval, narrower at base.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal and stem leaves; alternate, deeply 3-lobed to compound, middle lobe largest; 2 stem leaves more dissected; lobes linear; leaf-like appendages of the cauline blades are fringed along margin; basal blades stalk to 2-3/4 inches long.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Splits into 3 parts.
Seed Notes: Numerous; less than 1/16 inch.
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