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 Leaves Wayne Van Devender @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) |  Plant Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Wayne Van Devender @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Creeping, thick, woody rootstocks; stemless, rhizomes and stolons absent; bulbs solitary or clustered, 9 to 15 bulb scales (onion-like layers); 5 to 11 leaflets per leaf, narrow, notched at tip; petals light purple or pink, green base, yellow throats.
Identification notes: Creeping, thick and woody rootstocks; forms bulbs; leaves have 5 to 11 leaflets, leaflets narrowly lance-like to narrow, green, upper may have purplish bands; petals light purple or pink, green at base, rarely white towards tip, green veins.
Height:
2 to 10 inches
Habitat Description: Mixed coniferous and deciduous woodlands or oak forests, canyons, meadows, seeps, streamsides, scrublands, grasslands.
Plant Communities:
Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 5000 - 9500 feet
Color:
Light purple, pink, white
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Sep
Description:
Umbrella-like clusters on stalks 2 to 14 inches long; sepal tips with 2 orange, linear, thick bumps; 5 petals, green near base, light purple to pink, rarely white towards tip, yellow throats, green veins; styles unequal lengths, 5 longer than the others.
Leaf Color:
Green, purplish
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves basal, rarely absent at flowering; leaf stalks 3 to 12 inches long; leaflets 5 to 11, narrow to narrowly round, 1/2 to 2-3/4 inches long, notched at tip, green to purplish below, green above; sometimes with purplish bands.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruit capsule a 5-celled chamber, elliptic, 1/8 to 1/2 inch long, smooth.
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