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 Flower stalk Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant - spring Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A conspicuous and beautiful wildflower with plums of bright yellow flowers; generally standing 5 to 6 feet tall. Flower stalks persist for 1 or 2 years and this can help with identification.
Identification notes: Plants suffrutescent (woody); stems to 6 feet tall; petal blades <1/8 inch wide, bright yellow; petal claws (narrow, stalk-like, basal portion of a petal) are densely hairy on the inner face.
Height:
3 to 6 feet
Habitat Description: Dry, open sites, desert scrub, woodlands, dunes, chaparral, ponderosa pine forests, streambanks, roadsides, disturbed habitats.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2500 - 6000 feet
Color:
Bright yellow
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Sep
Description:
Flower clusters to 24 inches, bloom from the bottom of the stalk upward over a period of many weeks or months; each flower has 4 sepals (bracts) and 4 yellow petals having long, wavy hairs on the inner side; the stamens are longer than the petals.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal and lower stem leaves lanceolate, deeply pinnately lobed, 2 to 8 inches long; upper leaves are shorter, about 2 inches long, smooth to slightly lobed. Leaves usually coated with white waxy powder. Leaves and stems with or without hairs.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Long, slender pods.
Seed Notes: Oblong, about 1/16 inch long.
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