Anulocaulis leiosolenus

Flower and stem.
Coconino National Forest: On state land along north side of East Mingus Avenue
ca. 1½ miles east of Main Street in Cottonwood, at ca. 3450 feet elevation.

10 June 2007; 6:38 pm.

Flower detail.
Same flower as in prior image, slightly different angle.

10 June 2007; 6:44 pm.

Basal leaves and reduced pair of stem leaves.
Same general location as prior image, but different plant,
on south side of East Mingus Avenue.

10 June 2007; 7:20 pm.

Habit, in bloom; at top of bank above road cut.
Same plant as in image immediately above, the road behind
providing a convenient dark background to show the branching structure.

10 June 2007; 7:18 pm.

Habitat, pen for scale.
Same plant as in prior two images.

10 June 2007.

Habitat, pen for scale, the plant almost invisible.
Yellow arrows mark two flowers, the black arrow the base of the plant.
This is the same individual plant as in images at top of this page.

10 June 2007.

Flowering stems, showing rings on stems.
Same vicinity as prior images, two months later.

8 August 2007; 7:12 pm.

Fresh flower and withered flowers in the morning.

Note how the pistil of the unwithered flower has coiled, even while the stamens
remain fully exserted.  Compare with the images above, all of which were
taken in the evening.
Same plant as in prior image, seven days later.

15 August 2007; 7:11 am.

Flowering branches, flowers withered during the heat of day.
Same plant as in prior image, four days later.

19 August 2007; 9:08 am.

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.

This page created 10 June 2007; revised 26 May 2008.