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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Stems erect, solitary or few, up to 3 feet tall, hairy toward base, smooth above, glaucous (covered with a waxy coating); leaves narrow, leathery, margins smooth; flowers on open clusters, strongly 2-lipped, with reddish-purple nectar guides (lines).
Identification notes: Grayish-green foliage; stems solitary to few, hairy below; leaves leathery, mostly lance-like; flowers light purple, spaced sparsely on stems, strongly 2-lipped, opening about 1/2 inch, with reddish-purple nectar guides and hairs, sterile stamen hairy.
Height:
Up to 3 feet
Habitat Description: Rocky, mountainous or hilly places, basaltic soils (dark, igneous rock formed from rapid cooling of lava) in pinyon-juniper woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4500 - 7000 feet
Color:
Light purple
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jun - Aug
Description:
Flowers in an open cluster, on spreading stalks up to 1 inch long; light purple; calyx lobes rounded; corolla light purple, 3/4 to 1-1/4 inches long, 1/2 inch wide at throat, gradually to abruptly inflated hairy at opening; stamen sterile, hairy.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems erect, solitary or few; leaves narrow and leathery, margins smooth, 1 to 2-3/4 inches long, with pointed tip; leaves without stems (petioles) and somewhat clasping, basal leaves with stem.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: 2-celled capsule with numerous, angled seeds.
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