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SFV101687
cb659d70-4d1b-4862-9a32-6a76160bbf35
SFV-16020
Centaurea melitensis Linnaeus
Asteraceae
A. M. Orcino
36
1994-05-21
21 May 1994
A. M. Sutton
United States, California, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley; Van Nuys. Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve, Sepulveda Basin.
34.17 -118.47
34° 10m 12s N; 118° 28m 12s W
215 meters
705 ft.
Dominant associates include: Hirschfeldia incana and Marrubium vulgare. Other associates include: Verbena lasiostachys and Baccharis salicifolia.
Growing in clay soil in an open area in the basin. Erect annual with many brach stems. Disk flowers protrude 6 mm from a globular head, 10 mm, covered with prickly red spines. Alternating rounded lanceolate leaves 7-35 mm long. Plant height: 0.3-0.5 m tall. Flower color: disks yellow.