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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Slender, somewhat shrubby, slightly woody at base; short-lived perennial, often flowering the first season.
Identification notes: Subshrub; slender-stemmed, glandular, diffusely branched, somewhat woody at the base; stiff straight hairs; leaves of 15 to 35 leaflets; spike-like elongated flower clusters with stout stems; flowers white and purple; seed pods hairy and glandular.
Height:
8 to 32 inches
Habitat Description: Found on rocky slopes, open desert washes, roadsides, bouldery hillsides, mostly on granitic and volcanic bedrock, near sea-level.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 4500 feet
Color:
Purple and white
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
Narrow, elongated clusters, up to 1/2 inch long with many flowers; sepals hairy, lobes triangular and shorter than tube; pea-like flowers have banner, wings and keel; deep purple upper petals, white lower petals.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Slender stems, often overlap to create clump, dotted with reddish glands and stiff hairs; well separated compound leaves, 5 to 12 pairs of opposite side leaflets, 1 terminal leaflet; leaflets round, flat, both sides gland-dotted, margins may be reddish.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Seed pods are furry, with rows of long hairs alternating with rows of glands.
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