UCJEPS - University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley (UCJEPS:VASC)
UC691748
53d14d96-358f-4722-8fad
Aphyllon purpureum (A. Heller) Holub
Orobanchaceae
Mary L. Bowerman
2895
1935-04-22
April 22, 1935
United States, California, Contra Costa, Ridge west of Pioneer Road (west of Old State Road); Grassy hillside with northwest exposure.
37.87158 -121.92579 +-452m. NAD27
(copied from UC692549)
822 meters
2700 feet
Soil gravelly, red in color but not as brilliant as that by Turtle Rock.
Bromus madritensis L.; Poa scabrella (Thurb.) Benth. ex Vasey; Ranunculus californicus Benth.; Lupinus bicolor Lindl.; Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton; Sanicula bipinnata Hook. & Arn.; Phlox gracilis (Hook.) Greene; Amsinckia douglasiana A. DC.; Rhus diversiloba Torr. & A. Gray
Flowers violet with yellow strip, including the infodings (white at base on inside), on the lower lip. Rhus diversiloba is occasional in the grassland.