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 Plant Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Fruit Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A low plant with a woody base and thin, herbaceous stems. The leaves, stems, and fruits are all covered with tiny golden nodules that are aromatic when crushed.
Identification notes: Many stemmed herbaceous plant, other Thamnosma species is shrubby; leaves simple, fruit 2-lobed.
Height:
To 1 foot
Habitat Description: Open and brushy areas in shallow soil over limestone; dry rocky meadows and slopes over limestone.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3000 - 5000 feet
Color:
White, yellow, purple
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
Flowers small, 1/8 to 3/16 inch wide, arranged along the upper half of the stems.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green, light green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves small, narrow, up to 3/4 inch long by 1/16 inch wide and attached closely to the stem; leaves can be purple tinged; leaves, stems and fruit are gland-dotted, with a medicinal-spicy odor.
Fruit Color: Greenish, yellowish, reddish
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: 2 lobed capsule having an inflated appearance and giving rise to the name Dutchman's breeches.
Seed Notes: Seeds are kidney shaped.
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