UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR-BPS-259992
UCR-259992
Malacothrix saxatilis (Nutt.) T. & G.
Asteraceae
R.G. Swinney
11955
2010-03-16
2010-3-16
United States, California, Los Angeles, Confluence of Little Tujunga Wash and Big Tujunga Wash at I-210 crossing, within 50 m on north and south sides of I-210
34.27417 -118.37306
T2N R14W sec
329 meters (1079ft)
Broad wash bottom, sandy, under I-210 Fwy. and in open sun on sides; slight riparian growth, surrounded by coastal sage scrub and chaparral elements, dominant plants include Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum, Acmispon glaber, Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia, Eriodictyon crassifolium, Ceanothus crassifolius, etc. Area not burned in 2009.
Flowering
Common 1.8 m perennial; white ligules with lavender midveins.