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SFV102766
7ce23d51-e681-4faf-9b10-a3479b23df38
SFV-16069
Malacothrix saxatilis (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray
Asteraceae
A. M. Orcino
40
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 Centarurea melitensis. Other associates include: Erodium cicutarium, Marrubium vulgare, and Artemisia californica.
Growing in gravel clay soil in an open area in the basin. Perennial erect herb with glabrous branching stem and solitary flower heads. Upper leaves linear and entire (1.0-3.0 cm), lower leaves are long thin and pinnately lobed (12.5 cm). Stem loses leaves at the terminal. Plant height: 1.2 m. Flower color: rays white, 5-toothed, and 4 cm[?] across. Flowers turning to pale red with age.