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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A perennial with a slender stem lying on the ground and spreading or erect; leaves can be most any shape; flower head is an interrupted series of clusters of flowers; each flower hangs from a stalk.
Identification notes: Stems erect to ascending; leafy shoots in leaf axils, leaf blade thick or thin, may be leathery, narrow to lance-like; flowers on terminal stems, sepals and petals similar, inner lobes distinctly narrower than the tubercle (swelling inside flower).
Height:
1 to 2 feet
Habitat Description: Shores of streams and rivers, wet mountain meadows, and rocky slopes.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: Below 9800 feet
Color:
Green, reddish
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Not determined
Description:
Flower head is interrupted series of clusters of flowers; up to 20 flowers in each cluster, and each flower hangs from a stalk; usually has 6 tepals (parts cannot be classified as petals or sepals), inner 3 are largest with rounded wart-like bumps.
Leaf Color:
Green, pale green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems erect or ascending; axillary shoots below attaching nodes; leaf blades narrow and lance-like or almost linear, 2 to 6 inches long; to 3/4 inch wide; widest near middle; flat and smooth (not wavy) with smooth margins; base wedge-shaped.
Fruit Color: Dark reddish-brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: 1/16 inch long and 1/16 inch wide.
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