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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A small, low growing plant distinctively white and purple colored with closely crowded flowers appearing to sit almost on the ground. Leaves have a fern-like appearance.
Identification notes: Leaves divided into broad, blunt sections, margins toothed, teeth white tipped; flower clusters few-flowered not surpassing leaves; flowers white, 2-lipped, upper lip purple, strongly arched, sometimes yellow or white, the lower lip shorter and 3-lobed.
Height:
4-1/2 inches
Habitat Description: Found in partial shade in loamy and sandy alluvial basins, flats and pinon-juniper woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 5000 - 8000 feet
Color:
White, purple, yellow
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jun
Description:
2-lipped, upper lip arched, white, lower purple, 3-lobed. 4 stamens are curled under upper lip. Tips of anthers project tiny teeth. Size is 1-3/4 inches long by 1/4 inch wide. Appears in short, dense, terminal clusters of very hairy bracts, short stemmed.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Pinnate (feather-like) with reddish midrib and finely dissected toothed lobes. Lance-shaped, 4 inches long.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruit is less than 3/4 inch long, containing seeds.
Seed Notes: Seeds have net-like surfaces.
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