UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR-BPS-259769
UCR-259769
Malacothrix saxatilis (Nutt.) T. & G.
Asteraceae
R.G. Swinney
12395
2010-04-28
2010-4-28
United States, California, Los Angeles, near Sylmar, Wilson Canyon Park, from the mouth of eastern fork of Wilson Cyn. (at Wilson Debris Basin) to 0.5 miles east (upstream), below Natl. Forest boundary
34.3325 -118.44333
T3N R15W sec22
488 meters (1601ft)
Rocky, sandy, dry canyon bottom; coastal sage scrub and chaparral in burn area of 2009 Station Fire; dominant plants include Calystegia macrostegia (#12416), Eriodictyon crassifolium, Marah macrocarpa, Salvia apiana, Clarkia unguiculata.
Flowering
Common 1.6 m perennial; fls. cream with lavender stripes.