UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0101103
UCR-BPS-163095
UCR-163095
Trianthema portulacastrum L.
Aizoaceae
B.G. Pitzer
4223
2000-10-14
2000-10-14
G.R. Ballmer
United States, California, Riverside, south of eastern Ford Dry Lake, c. 200 yards south of Hwy I-10 off gasline road at large wash, 1 mi. east of Ford Lake Rd. exit, c. 22 miles west of Blythe
33.60472 -114.97333
T6S R19E sec35
110 meters (361ft)
Desert wash vegetation and creosote bush scrub; with Larrea, Ambrosia d., Hymenoclea s., Hilaria, Atriplex polyc., A. hymen., Hyptis, Cercidium, Encelia f., etc.
Flowering & Fruiting
Fairly common succulent annual; fls. red. Host of Brephidium exile.