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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual or perennial
General Desc:
Erect or spreading stems form a mat or dense tangle; alternate leaves varying in shape from oval to round; seedhead is a cluster of flowers emerging from leaf axil; flowers have no petals.
Identification notes: Simple or branched, may form mat; leaf base rounded, tip pointed, bright green, pair of lateral veins along the leaf surface; flower small, 4 green sepals, that may be tinged yellowish or reddish-brown, 1 to 3 bracts, few-flowered clusters in leaf axils.
Height:
1 to 22 inches
Habitat Description: Found in shaded and moist places in deserts, woodlands, rock crevices, sand dunes, roadsides and sometimes in disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 4500 feet
Color:
Green, yellowish, reddish brown
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
1/16 to 1/4 inch long bracts below flower; pointed; bracts shorter than or exceeding the sepals; flower has no petals only green sepals, which are sometimes tinged yellowish or reddish-brown.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems freely branched; leaves narrow or broad oval, oblong or circular; to 1-1/2 inches long and to 1 inch wide; leaf base thin, pointed or rounded; leaves round or slender, tips pointed.
Fruit Color: Light brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Symmetrical; 1/16 inch long, 1/16 inch wide; shiny, hard and bony; oval; stemmed and enclosed by sepals and petals.
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