UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR-BPS-179566
UCR-179566
Gypsophila elegans Bieb.
Caryophyllaceae
A.C. Sanders (2006 Nov)
Scott D. White
10448
2004-05-18
2004-5-18
Pam DeVries
United States, California, Los Angeles, Eastern Santa Susana Mtns. West of the I-5 Fwy, c. 4 miles north of the I-5 / SH-14 jtn. and 6 miles south of Castaic Junction. Lyon Canyon and surrounding slopes, canyons, and ridges
34.36667 -118.56667
T3N R16W sec4
396 meters (1299ft)
Mostly burned-over chaparral; some oak woodland in canyons; ruderal areas around roads and former home sites.
Flowering
Flowers white. Localized, with other showy species on dry, burned slope. Remote location, but surely seeded here by goofy do-gooder.