RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
RSA0119670
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862924
Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Baker
Asparagaceae
R. G. Swinney (s.d.)
R. G. Swinney
16567
2014-05-19
19 May 2014
United States, California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mountains: Glendora, on ridge between west fork of Engelwild Cyn. and Glenco Heights Cyn., 0.2 miles WNW of Engelwild Debris Basin, 0.72 air-miles SSE of Glendora Ridge Motorway (Glendora 7.5' Q).
34.160833 -117.85
34°09'39"N, 117°51'W, ±100m; T1N R9W S20, NW
515 meters
515m/1690ft.
Ridge tops and steep canyon slopes, burned in Jan. 2014 Colby Fire, formerly chaparral & coastal sage scrub.
Resprouting perennials include Salvia mellifera, Salvia apiana, Quercus durata var. gabrielensis, Malosma laurina, Toxicodendron diversilobium, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Lonicera subspicata denudata, Ribes californicum, Hazardia squarosa, Acourtia microcephala, Galium angustifolium, Rhamnus ilicifolia, Arctostaphylos glandulosa, Rhus integrifolia, Mimulus aurantiacus pubescens, Juglans californica, Lathyrus vestitus, Stipa sp., Dryopteris arguta, Siline laciniata, and Lomatium lucidum, with Mimulus aurantiacus ssp. pubescens, Phacelia grandiflora, Solanum douglasii, Antirrhinum kelloggii, Trifolium microcephalum, Allophyllum divaricatum, Lupinus bicolor, Chlorogalum pomeridianum pomeridiuanum, Calandrinia ciliata, and etc.
Fairly common perennial with 2.4 m infl., cream-colored perianth; burned base, new leaves at base of infl.