Plant Form: Biannual forb. In the first year, only a basal rosette of leaves; in the second year, produces a single main stem with many terminal branches and many tiny flowers.
Height: Flowering stalk usually about 2 feet; to 5-feet tall.
Stems: Not inflated below nodes; contrast with Desert Trumpet.
Leaves: Basal rosette: blades to about 2-inches long, oblong, hairy above, coarsely hairy below.
Flowers: Inflorescence: many slender branches. Flowers tiny, oblong, 1-3 mm, reddish; hang from terminal stems.
Seeds: Achene; small (2 mm). |