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 Leaves and flowers Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Desert Botanical Gardens Herbarium Collection, Usage rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial(CC BY-NC) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Annual with slender white stems, generally sprawling, the stems shining, smooth to hairy, hairs of the vegetation cause the plant to stick to clothing, although the hairs are not stinging. Flowers yellow, 5-petaled.
Identification notes: Slender white sprawling stems, with or without hairs; leaves deeply lobed; flowers yellow, petals 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, bracts small; fruit s-shaped or curved, to 1-1/2 inches long, inflated at tip, seeds square, irregularly angled, not winged or grooved.
Height:
To 2 feet
Habitat Description: Found in sandy soils, in washes and on plains.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands
Elevation: 1500 - 5500 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
Flowers at base of leaves, stemless, solitary, or in small clusters, petals <1 inch long, stamens shorter than the petals, bracts triangular to rounded, smooth-margined.
Leaf Color:
Green to gray-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Dissected
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves not stemmed, somewhat rounded to lance-like; margin toothed to dissected. Upper leaves few-toothed to smooth margined.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: S-shaped or curved, arching to 180 degrees, to 1-1/2 inches long, with an inflated tip.
Seed Notes: Seeds square and irregularly angled, seeds not grooved on the angles.
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