Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-665.31.__
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia
English: Spotted hideseed.
Region: southwestern United States, California, Baja California.
Habitat: coast to mountain to desert.
Botany
Herbs; sticky, aromatic; annual.
Stem: erect to leaning; ± 50 cm
Leaves: roughly oval, intricately divided into many lobes and smaller lobes, lacy in texture.
Inflorescence: holds a number of small flowers which droop as they grow heavier with the developing fruit.
Flowers: whitish.
Fruit: bristly capsule, 3 mm wide.