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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Frankie Coburn @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Spreading, hairless annual forming dense patches of circular mats up to 20 inches across, can quickly climb over nearby plants and obstacles; whorled leaves; small, white flowers which are in groups of 2 to 6 at ends of leaf stems and in leaf axils.
Identification notes: Delicate, much branched annual; stems trailing to ascending, forms mats to 20 inches; whorls of 3 to 8 leaves, stalked basal leaf rosettes; flowers small, white, small clusters at stem ends and leaf axils; sepals green outer surface, white inner surface.
Height:
Spreads to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Weedy in fields, disturbed areas, gardens, roadsides, moist to dry soils, sandy soils.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2500 - 5000 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Aug - Oct
Description:
Small, white flowers in clusters of 2 to 5 at each node, on slender stalks; sepals oblong, 1/16 inch long, with green midrib and white margins; usually 3 stamens.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Whorl
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
5 to 6 narrow, bright green, unequal leaves in a whorl, with a prominent central vein, rounded or pointed tips, 1/4 to 1-1/2 inches long, 1/16 to 1/4 inch wide; basal leaves with stalks.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule ovoid, 3-chambered, slightly longer than sepals.
Seed Notes: Seeds 15 to 35, dark or reddish brown, with blackish, parallel, curved ridges on sides, or smooth.
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