SD - SD Herbarium, San Diego Natural History Museum (SD)
E68579A1-48BD-4B3F-A583-B918CB566E87
SD231339
Mentzelia congesta (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
Loasaceae
Steve Boyd
11936
2008-05-01
05/01/2008
Valentin Arvizu
United States, California, Kern, Southern Sierra Nevada region; Piute Mountains, lower Esperanza Canyon at eastern base of Sorrell Peak and western edge of Kelso Valley.
35.41868 -118.2563 WGS84
n/a
1372 meters (4500ft)
Alluvial flats and moderate to steep slopes, granitic substrate with large boulder outcrops, loose, decomposed granite soils.
Recently burned. Formerly scrub o Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Yucca brevifolia, scrubby woodland (Pinus spp., Quercus spp., Ribes spp.), Ceanothus vestitus, Rhamnus californica. Now annuals, perennial herbs.
Annual, flowers yellow, bracts prominent with large white patch in center. Locally common on slope.