RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
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Deinandra mohavensis (D.D. Keck) B.G. Baldwin
Asteraceae
Steve Boyd
12015
2008-08-20
Valentin Arvizu
United States, California, Kern, BLMPiute Mountains, lower Esperanza Canyon at eastern base of Sorrell Peak and western edge of Kelso Valley.
35.4224667 -118.2531667 NAD83
1349 meters
4425ft.
Alluvial flats and moderate to steep slopes, granitic substrate with large boulder outcrops, loose, decomposed granite soils. Vegetation recently burned (2006 or 2007), formerly dominated by scrub of Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Yucca brevifolia on flats, drier slopes, scrubby woodland of Pinus sabiniana, Pinus monophylla, Quercus wislizeni, Quercus chrysolepis, Fremontodendron californicum, Ribes spp., Cercocarpus betuloides, Ceanothus vestitus, Rhamnus californica on steeper slopes and more mesic exposures.
Erect annual, ray and disk flowers yellow, anthers yellow. Local in gentle drainages with shallow soil over bedrock. Many plants seen, but nearly all showing grazing damage from cattle.