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 Flowerheads and leaves Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Pectis prostrata
General Desc:
Diffused, much-branched, stems marked by fine lines or grooves, usually very hairy, unscented; leaves narrow, to 1/2 inch long, can be fleshy, dotted by small glands; yellow flower heads usually solitary in leaf axils, in rounded clusters at ends of stem.
Identification notes: Trailing stems with leafy flower clusters; leaves, flowers, and stems gland-dotted; leaves bluish-green, narrow; flower heads have 3 bracts in a single series; disc flowers 3 to 14, ray 3 to 4; achenes topped with scales, sometimes 1 or more bristles.
Height:
To 8 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy or gravelly soils on plains and mesas, in deserts, oak-juniper woodlands, grasslands, wash channels, mud flats, lawns, and roadsides.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1500 - 5000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Flower heads <1/8 inch, usually in leaf axils and solitary, in rounded clusters towards end of stems; ray flowers 3 to 4, 3 common, barely surpass phyllaries (bracts), phyllaries fall as a unit, dotted with scattered, glands; disc flowers 3 to 14.
Leaf Color:
Bluish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Other
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Narrow to lance-like, narrowest end at attachment site, to 8 inches long, <1/8 inch wide, gland-dotted on lower surface, margins with 2 to 5 pairs of short bristles.
Fruit Color: Black
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fine silvery hairs; achenes (1-seeded dried fruit that does not split open) of ray flowers have 2 scales; disc flower achenes 5 scales.
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