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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Shrub-like, several to many stems that branch from base, ascending to erect, woody at base, pale green, internodes much longer than the leaves. Flowers have banner, wings and keel in clusters of 1 to 3, yellow, suffused with red, purplish with age.
Identification notes: Perennial forms rounded clumps, erect, brittle, rigid stems, woody, internodes 2x the leaf length; leaves of 3 to 5 leaflets, fine, stiff straight hairs pressed to them; flowers yellow, often become reddish or purplish, to 3/4 inch long.
Height:
12 to 36 inches
Habitat Description: Found on sandy, gravelly, or clayey soils often along washes and on rocky hillsides below.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: Below 5000 feet
Color:
Yellow to reddish, purplish
Shape:
Irregular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Nov - May
Description:
Stems 1 to 5 inches long with 1 to 3 flowers each attached by a short stem which is hairy. Flowers yellow, often become reddish, purplish with age, to 3/4 inch long; outermost leaf-like sepals are hairy, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Petals shorter than sepals.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems ascending, clustered, branched, commonly woody at base. Leaves on stem 1/16 to 1/4 inch long have 3 to 5 leaflets with fine, stiff straight hairs pressed to them, oblong to lance-like, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, 1/16 to 1/4 inch wide.
Fruit Color: Light brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pods narrowly oblong, 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 inches long, 1/4 inch wide, straight, without hairs.
Seed Notes: Seeds several to many, often kidney shaped, generally hard, smooth.
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