CAS - California Academy of Sciences Vascular Plants (CAS:BOT-BC)
550319
urn:catalog:CAS:BOT-BC:550319
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L.D. Benson) M.C. Johnst.
Fabaceae
Sanders, A. C.; Malusa, Jim; Baker, M.; Cloud-Hughes, M.
42077
2016-03-05
05 Mar 2016
United States, California, Imperial County, Sonoran (Colorado) Desert: Chocolate Mountains, upper Mammoth Wash, below "slot" canyon
33.21365 -115.1975833333
33° 12.819' N, 115° 11.855' W
439 meters
1440.0000000000 ft
Canyon between high rocky slopes, large sandy and gravelly wash, rocky bench above wash; assoc. with Senegalia, Larrea, Hyptis emo., Bebbia, Prosopis glandulosa, Lycium ander., Sphaeralcea ambigua, Parkinsonia flo., Encelia farin., Trixis, etc. Growing on bench at bend of wash.
Uncommon 2--3 m shrub, c. 7 m across; fls. dull yellow, mostly in bud. Separate stalks of open flowers from a second clump a short distance down canyon.