RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
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Deinandra mohavensis (D.D. Keck) B.G. Baldwin
Asteraceae
Steve Boyd
11988
2008-05-02
Valentin Arvizu
United States, California, Kern, BLMPiute Mountains, lower Esperanza Canyon at eastern base of Sorrell Peak and western edge of Kelso Valley.
35.4194833 -118.2569 NAD83
1372 meters
4500ft.
Alluvial flats and moderate to steep slopes, granitic substrate with large boulder outcrops, loose, decomposed granite soils. Vegetation recently burned (2006 or 2007), formerly dominated by scrub of Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Yucca brevifolia on flats, drier slopes, scrubby woodland of Pinus sabiniana, Pinus monophylla, Quercus wislizeni, Quercus chrysolepis, Fremontodendron californicum, Ribes spp., Cercocarpus betuloides, Ceanothus vestitus, Rhamnus californica on steeper slopes and more mesic exposures. Rich and diverse display of annuals and perennial herbs on burned area and in adjacent areas of unburned vegetation.
Annual with well developed basal rosettes, strong, distinctive odor. Scattered to locally common about swales and seeping areas of drainages with shallow soil over granite bedrock.