RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:VascularPlants-)
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Mentzelia congesta Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Loasaceae
Orlando Mistretta
5245
2010-06-03
Christine Mistretta
United States, California, Los Angeles, Mill Creek Canyon, 1.80 miles SW of Mill Creek Summit, along Southern California Edison transmission line corridor.
34.3675 -118.0941667
1372 meters
4500ft.
Coarse soils, full sun. Former mixed chaparral association, completely burned in Station Fire (2009). Currently rich assemblage of mostly native annuals and seedling/stump sprouting shrubs and trees, including: Ademostoma fasciculatum, Argemone munita, Cryptantha intermedia, C. muricata, Ceanothus crassifolius, Malacothamnus fremontii, Phacelia distans, Ceanothus leucodermis, Gilia modocensis, Claytonia parviflora, Eriodictyon trichocalyx, Mentzelia veatchiana, Dicentra chrysantha. Uncommon.