RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
RSA0386638
30a1a976-ebae-400e-9787-949d13d6d298
732248
Yucca whipplei var. whipplei Torr.
Asparagaceae
A. C. Sanders (s.d.)
A. C. Sanders
35000
2008-04-22
22 Apr 2008
Fred M. Roberts
United States, California, Orange, Peninsular Range; Santa Ana Mtns.: Lomas de Santiago, lower Hicks Canyon haul road, just above Irvine Ranch gate and road to cement plant, c. 1 mile NE of Rattlesnake Reservoir (El Toro 7.5’ Q.).
33.735083 -117.7217 +-1000m.
33°44.105'N, 117°43.302'W
213-244 meters
700-800ft.
Ridge above road and alluvial bench along wash; sandy loam with many rounded cobbles; burned coastal sage scrub with much Opuntia littoralis (now mostly dead) and many fire-following herbs. Hot burn consumed almost all vegetation here -- main skeletons are cacti.
Uncommon perennial with infl. c. 2 m tall, on ridge. Fls. white with purple tips. All lvs. from ± solitary basal rosettes. Some plants in fruit.