RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
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598217
Crossosoma californicum Nutt.
Crossosomataceae
Sara L. Crockett
555
1996-12-07
United States, California, Los Angeles, [Santa Catalina Island], 2 miles E of USC Marine Center on Two Harbors Road (from Little Harbor)
33.4333333 -118.475
335 meters
1100ft.
Occasional, 14 individuals seen on slope; WNW exposure, slope 40%, among exposed, upthrust, lichen-encrusted rocks; Rhus ovata, Artemisia californica, Marah fabaceus, Lotus argophyluss, Opuntia littoralis, Bromus horeaceus, selaginella bigelovii
shrub 2-3' tall, bushy and spreading, lvs glabrous, twigs with thorn like protrusions; 5 green sepals, 5 white petals, mant anthers, carpels diverging from base, marginal placenation, slightly sweet scented