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 Leaf Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
A low, very hairy annual with palmately compound leaves on long stalks, all crowded in a basal cluster. Flowers pea-like, bluish-purple and marked with white, distinctively 2-lipped in dense clusters.
Identification notes: Annual, stemless or nearly so. Leaves basal, palmately compound 5 to 9 leaflets, lower surfaces demsely hairy. Flowers in dense clusters just above leaves. Seed pods not constricted between the seeds, 2-seeded. Seed leaves without stems at germination.
Height:
2 to 4 inches
Habitat Description: Found on dry slopes and mesas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3000 - 7000 feet
Color:
Bluish-purple, marked with white
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jul
Description:
The flowers are bluish-purple marked with white, sometimes with a yellow spot in the middle of the banner petal; flowers occur in spirals along a stem that arises just above the basal tuft of leaves. Each flower is 1/4 to 1/3 inch long.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Palmate
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal tuft of palmately compound leaves on up to 3 inch long stems; 5 to 8 leaflets per leaf, leaflets spatulate, to 1/2 inch long and about 1/8 inch wide, hairy on the lower surface, mostly without hairs on upper surface.
Fruit Color: Green turning to brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Fruit is a hairy, broadly ovate and laterally compressed pod about 1/3 inch long.
Seed Notes: Pod contains several pea-like seeds.
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