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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Plant is prominently hairy, often glandular (sticky and hairy); reddish stems; pinnate leaves; tiny white flowers. Inhabit sandy environments, often causing grains of sand to stick to them.
Identification notes: Many trailing to ascending branches, hairy and slightly glandular throughout, to 12 inches tall; leaves pinnately divided, slender stalked, lobes rounded at tips; flowers bell-shaped, short-stalked on lax, simple or few-branched, elongated clusters.
Height:
2 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Found in open sandy soils.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3200 - 7000 feet
Color:
White, purplish, yellow
Shape:
Bell-shaped in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jun
Description:
Sepal whorl lobes unequal; 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, 1/16 inch wide; fringed with hairs; tips spreading; corolla white to purplish; funnel-shaped; 1/16 to 1/4 inch long; 1/16 inch long oval lobes; yellowish tube; hairless stamens 1/16 inch long.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Lower leaves oblong; 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long; 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide; pinnately divided into rounded, triangular to oblong segments; slender stalks usually longer than blades; leaf edges fringed with hairs.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Oval; blunt or rounded at the end; 1/8 to 1/4 inch long; minute hairs with a short stiff, hairy tip.
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