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 Leaves and flowers Max Licher @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:
Annual
General Desc:
This plant is more or less erect, branching occasionally and often bending toward the light in partially shaded locations.
Identification notes: Leaves have few or no hairs, upper stems and flower stems with usually red glands; stipules at base of the leaves cylindric without hairs; calyx (sepals) bright pink; inflorescences erect, in leaf axils and terminal, flower bracts reduced to sheaths.
Height:
1 to 4 feet
Habitat Description: Moist, disturbed places, ditches, riverbanks, cultivated fields, shorelines of ponds and reservoirs.
Plant Communities:
Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2500 - 7000 feet
Color:
Pink
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Dec
Description:
Dense, erect, spike-like clusters of small, bright pink flowers are borne on sticky-haired stalks.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves have membranous sheaths at the bases of the leaf stalks that surround the stems. Smooth round stems are light green to red and relatively stout; they have a tendency to zigzag between the alternate leaves.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruits are round in outline, generally nearly flat on 1 side, indented on other, dark brown and shiny.
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