RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
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Eriogonum ampullaceum J.T. Howell
Polygonaceae
Michael Honer
1814
2002-07-23
United States, California, Mono, unknownGlass Mountain Region: Long Valley; wet saltgrass meadow road crossing appx. 3km NW of Benton Crossing of Owens River.; Whitmore Hot Sprs. quad
37.7146667 -118.7838833
T3S R29E S4 SE1/4 of NW1/4
2090 meters
6855ft.
Actively grazed wet tributary to Owens River. Alkaline silty pumice soil with sandy low berms above. Still water densly thatched with Carex praegracilis, Juncus balticus, Triglochin concinna, Pyrrocoma racemosa. Crusty white alkaline areas above water with Distichlis spicata, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, intergrading into open Artemisia tridentata scrub with Chrysothamnus nauseosus, C. viscidiflorus, Leymus cinereus.
Occasional populations in dry scrub above meadow. Flws cream-pale yellow.