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 Plant - summer Granite Lake BasinSue Smith | | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Very short perennials, grow in compact mounds a few inches wide, are aptly named excapa, Latin for "without a stem". The large flower heads seem too big for the plant. Plants are evergreen, wintering as a small ball of leaves.
Identification notes: Plants of no stems or very short stems; leaves in crowded basal tufts; flower heads sessile in the basal leaves; ray flowers white or pinkish, disc flowers yellow; sepals of disc flowers many bristled.
Height:
1 inch
Habitat Description: Openings among ponderosa pines or oaks, rock crevices, meadows, gravelly hills, sandy soils.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4500 - 7300 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jun
Description:
Flower head 3/4 to 2 inches wide, has 20 to 40 long, narrow, white petals and a yellow center; petals are pink below.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves narrow, grayish-haired, 1 to 2 inches long, 1/8 inch wide, in a dense, basal rosette.
Fruit Color: Orange
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes less than 1/4 inch long, hairy, the fertile achenes orange at maturity.
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