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 Flower bracts Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Leaf and flower bud Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Uncommon; strongly scented; slender stems, moderately branched, often spreading, then becoming upright; leaves narrow, opposite; flower heads in loose leafy clusters, stalks very slender, to 3 inches long; 5 ray and 5 to 6 disc flowers yellow.
Identification notes: Diffuse annual, spicy-lemon scented; leaves narrow, opposite, margins with 1 to 2 pairs of bristles; flower heads on long hairless stalks; 5 yellow ray flowers; ray flowers fall with a bract, disc flowers 5 to 6; achene topped by scales and 0 to 3 awns.
Height:
To 12 inches
Habitat Description: Sandy areas, rocky slopes, grasslands, mesas, pinyon-juniper woodlands, shrub-lands.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3000 - 6000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Oct
Description:
Flower heads of 5 ray and 5 to 6 disc flowers, solitary or in loose leafy rounded clusters; stalks very slender, to 3 inches long; phyllaries (bracts) lightly ridged and faintly swollen below, often without glands, edges thin, tips rounded.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Other
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Need value
Spines:
U
Leaf Description:
Leaves narrow, to 2-1/2 inches long; without hairs to faintly rough to the touch, often sub-revolute (margins turned under) with glands on margins and 1 to 5 pairs of bristles a their base.
Fruit Color: Black
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Narrow, topped by 1 to 4 slightly barbed, hairy bristles.
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