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 Leaves Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Phyllaries 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:
Fiveneedled pricklyleaf refers to the leaves, which grow at closely spaced intervals at the base and along the stems; they are divided into about 5 narrow, needle-like lobes.
Identification notes: Woody taproot; densely branched; green or grayish-green stems; dense fine soft hairs; opposite leaves, crowded along stems; flower heads of 12 to 21 yellowish-orange ray flowers, 50 to 80 yellow disc flowers; slender stalks, bracts in 2 subequal series.
Height:
To 10 inches
Habitat Description: Found on dry slopes and flats, especially on limestone soils.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3500 - 5500 feet
Color:
Yellow, yellowish-orange
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Aug
Description:
Flower heads above leaves, on slender stalks to 4 inches long; 12 to 21 bracts; fine hairs on outer bracts; fused to inner bracts; inner bracts fused; 12 to 21 yellowish-orange ray florets; 1/16 to 1/4 inch long; 50 to 80 yellow disc florets.
Leaf Color:
Green, grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves crowded along stems, leaf blades 1/16 to 1/8 inch long, divided along each side of stalk into 3 to 7 stiff, sharp, narrrow lobes, less than 1/16 inch wide, sparsely hairy, conspicuously dotted with glands.
Fruit Color: Black
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruit narrow, 1/16 to 1/8 inch long, topped with of 10 irregularly toothed scales (pappus), also 1/16 to 1/8 inch long.
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