UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0101105
UCR-BPS-245946
UCR-245946
Trianthema portulacastrum L.
Aizoaceae
A.C. Sanders (2013 Nov)
Duncan S. Bell
4194
2012-09-13
2012-9-13
United States, California, Riverside, Rice Valley; east side of the Arica Mountains; c. 6 air miles southeast of the ghost town of Rice and c. 5.5 air mi east of Priests Well; Rice V
34.00711 -114.803
T02S R21E sec08
202 meters (663ft)
An open silty valley floor with sand dunes and a number of large depressions having caught a great deal of summer rain, with summer annuals in full bloom, Assoc. with Castela emoryi, Prosopis glandulosa, Acacia greggii, Tamarisk, Portulaca oleracea, Datura discolor, Nicotiana obtusifolia, Kallstroemia californica, Allionia incarnata, Ditaxis neomexicana, Amaranthus albus, Aristida adscensionis, Bouteloua barbata, Chamaesyce micromeria, Pectis papposa.
Flowering & Fruiting
Locally common in giant mats on desiccated floor of valley. Growing in silty soils between sand dunes.