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 Leaves John Anderson @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Flowers and 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:
Short-stemmed to stemless; glandular and hairy throughout; branches arise from a deep, tuberous root; leaves mostly basal, hairy, leaflets mostly 5; flowers in short, somewhat elongated clusters, 2 to 3 flowers per node; petals white to purple.
Identification notes: Low-growing, nearly stemless, glandular, hairy throughout, tuberous root; leaves grayish-green; leaflets 3 to 5, wedge-shaped, narrow at base; flower tube, <1/4 inch, flowers in rounded, elongated clusters, whitish or purple, banner, purple wings, keel.
Height:
To 6 inches tall
Habitat Description: Limestone soils of the Verde Formation in Yavapai County.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: 3100 - 5000 feet
Color:
White to purple, dark purple
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Not determined
Description:
Flowers in short, rounded, somewhat elongated clusters, 2 to 3 flowers per node; petals white to purple, wings and keel purple, wings sometimes lighter in color than the keel; stalks very narrow (filiform); sepals glandular, teeth lance-like to oblong.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Palmate
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Typically 5 leaflets, may be 3 or 4, maybe green to yellowish-green above; stalks short, hairy; leaflet blades wedge-shaped at base, broadly pointed to rounded or notched at tip, glandular, hairy, more hair on lower surface and upper surface has veins
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Hairy, not glandular, round to oval, pod does not extend beyond the sepals.
Seed Notes: Oval to kidney-shaped, <1/4 inch long, olive to gray brown and with or without purple mottling.
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