UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR-BPS-52427
UCR-52427
Mentzelia congesta Torr. & Gray
Loasaceae
David Charlton
2083
1988-06-06
1988-6-6
United States, California, Inyo, Shepards Pass Traihead Road [Foothill Rd to FSR14S102] on Symmes Creek, west of Independence
36.74361 -118.26389
1677 meters (5501ft)
Two year old burn on bajada with decomposed granite or sandy soils. Formerly sagebrush scrub; Purshia tridentata and Ceanothus re-sprouting. Many annuals and herbaceous perennials on bare tan soil.
Flowering
Fairly common yellow flowered annual on burn only.