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 Bracts and flowers Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Flowers Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Leaves and stem Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Leaves Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow Lake TrSue Smith |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Stems few to many from a woody root, erect to decumbent, much branched, sparsely to densely leafy, smooth to hairy.
Identification notes: Leaf blades barely longer than wide; stems much branched, sticky with long soft hairs; 5-parted calyx is pale pink; whorl of united bracts is enlarged and papery in fruit; fruit strongly 5-angled.
Height:
4 to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Meadows, roadsides, canyons, pinyon-juniper woodlands, ponderosa pine forests, sandy soils.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3000 - 7500 feet
Color:
Pale pink to purple
Shape:
Bell-shaped in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Sep
Description:
Broadly funnel-shaped.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves basal and on stems, thin and fleshy to thick and leathery, green to blue-gray, smooth to sticky and hairy, with or without stem. Leaf blades mostly triangular, sometimes ovate, to 2-1/3 inches long and about as wide.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Ovoid, tapering on both ends with minute glandular hairs and 5 prominent ribs.
Seed Notes: Egg-shaped seed up to 1/2 inch long is attached at the narrow end.
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