Scientific Family
Solanaceae
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
1 foot
Riparian
No
An erect and spreading perennial with white star-shaped flowers, rhizomes bear tubers.
Perennial; stems erect to spreading, not spiny; rhizomes bear hairless tubers; leaves compound, alternate, pinnate with 5 to 9 leaflets; herbage green (part of plant); calyx not enclosing the round fruit; flowers white, star-shaped with yellow centers.
Habitat
Found in pinyon-juniper, coniferous and deciduous forests.
Plant Community
Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
Montane Conifer Forest
Low elevation
5500
High elevation
8500
Flower Characteristics
Corolla is deeply lobed. Has 5 orange stamens. To 3/4 inch wide appearing in loose clusters with few to several flowers per cluster.
Flower color
White
Flower shape
Regular
Tubular
No
First bloom month
July
Last bloom month
September
Flower clusters
Rounded
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaflets are linear-oblong to lanceolate. To 4-3/4 inches long and pinnately compound with 5 to 9 leaflets. Leaflets are 2-1/2 inches long. Lower surface has small hairs.
Leaf type
Compound
Leaf color
Dark green
Leaf shape
Narrow
Leaf margin
Smooth
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves
Spines
No
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Spherical in shape to 1/2 inch in diameter.
Fruit type
Berry-like
Fruit color
Green