RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
RSA0119541
7bcd1689-ac6c-4033-9d77-87137c58d838
862754
Encelia actoni Elmer
Asteraceae
R. G. Swinney
16284
2014-04-30
United States, California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mountains; 3.8-4.0 miles s. of Hwy. 138 on w. side of Largo Vista Road to ridge, c. 100 meters to the west.; Valyermo
34.43611 -117.76667
1387 meters
4550ft.
Broad wash bottom, rocky, mostly <12 in.
Lepidospartum squamatum scrub with Yucca brevifolia, Juniperus californica, Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa, Lycium fremontii, Leptosyne californica, Syntrichopappus fremontii, Uropappus lindleyi, Eriogonum maculatum, Layia glandulosa, Cryptantha circumcissa, Gilia latifolia, and etc.
Common shrub; rays yellow, disk fls. orange.
flowers & fruits
herbarium sheet
Area of c. 3 acres burned in 2012, was caused by arsonist according to neighborhood resident, entire site collected.; Native