UCJEPS - University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley (UCJEPS:VASC)
UC1928526
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Mentzelia congesta Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray
Loasaceae
Steve Boyd, Valentin Arvizu
11936
2008-05-01
05 1 2008
United States, California, Kern, Sierra Nevada; Southern Sierra Nevada region; Piute Mountains, lower Esperanza Canyon at eastern base of Sorrell Peak and western edge of Kelso Valley.
35.418613 -118.25611
1372 meters
1372 - 1463 m
Alluvial flats and moderate to steep slopes, granitic substrate with large boulder outcrops, loose, decomposed granite soils. Vegetation recently burned (2006 or 2007); formerly dominated by scrub of Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Yucca brevifolia on flats, drier slopes, scrubby woodland of Pinus sabiniana, Pinus monophylla, Quercus wislizeni, Quercus chrysolepis, Fremontodendron californicum, Ribes spp.
flowers yellow, bracts prominent with large white patch in center