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 Leaves Coconino NF west of FR618John Kava |  Leaves Coconino NF west of FR618John Kava |  Plant - summer Coconino NF west of FR618John Kava | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Numerous slender, erect stems curve upward from the top of the slender taproot. Stems are topped by tiny, white, bilaterally symmetrical flowers in narrowly cone-shaped spike of up to 4 dozen tiny white to whitish flowers.
Identification notes: Decumbent to erect plant, usually with several hairless stems from the root; stems have narrow, alternate leaves; flowers are in terminal spikes, white or whitish, keel petal with a hairy conspicuous crest; seed capsule is not winged.
Height:
14 inches
Habitat Description: Roadsides and fields, dry, rocky or sandy areas, plains and hills.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 5000 - 7500 feet
Color:
White with purplish tips
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
White irregular flowers to 1/8 inch long with greenish tinge in their center, sometimes purplish before flowers open; flowers are in narrow spikes up to 3 inches long on a slender stem.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves very narrow to 1-1/4 inches long, in whorls at the base and at intervals along the upper stem. The whorls of leaves near bottom of stems are early-deciduous.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Elliptic, slightly flattened, splitting open longitudinally to release 2 seeds.
Seed Notes: Tiny, dark, silky-hairy.
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