SD - SD Herbarium, San Diego Natural History Museum (SD)
SD00010889
CE3E9376-C04E-474D-B27A-BA87A28A814C
SD181833
Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Trel.
Agavaceae
Jan E. Maxted
195
2006-04-22
04/22/2006
Don Maxted
United States, California, San Diego, Bratton Valley, Land surrounding 17536 Sierra Cielo Ln, 3 mi N of town of Dulzura, 1 mi SW of Lyons Peak summit, 1.75 mi NW of inters of Honey Springs Rd & Deerhorn Valley Rd.
32.6908 -116.7789 WGS84
n/a
749 meters (2457ft)
East-facing slope, full sun, decomposed granite with large rocks.
Scrub oaks, sumac, deerweed.
Shrub 3' across, bloom stalk 7'tall. Needle-sharp leaf-spears point outward in all directions and upward along stem toward blooms. Flowers are cream heavily streaked with dark purple.