UCJEPS - University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley (UCJEPS:VASC)
UC2072072
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Claytonia rubra subsp. rubra
Montiaceae
Steve Boyd (original label determination)
Steve Boyd, Timothy S. Ross
9198
1997-03-21
March 21, 1997
United States, California, Los Angeles, Liebre Mountains, Portal Ridge, open ridgeline about junction of Juday Truck Trail and Troedel Motorway, south of Troedel Spring.
34.696556 -118.462417 WGS84
1182 meters
3880
Extensive area of open annual grassland on gentle terrain of ridgetop with steeper slopes having dense chaparral, and in more mesic situations, open woodland of pines. Soils well drained decomposed granite with scattered outcrops of granite boulders. Grassland with Bromus hordeaceus, Bromus tectorum, Avena fatua, Avena barbata, Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii, Amsinckia tessellata, Eschscholzia californica, Corethrogyne filaginifolia. Surrounding steeper slopes with scrub of Quercus john-tuckeri, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Ceanothus cuneatus, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Pinus sabiniana.
Succulent annual, flowers white to pale pinkish. locally common in open grassland.