Stephanomeria exigua (Nutt.) var. exigua

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Baja California

• Locality

  Sierra La Asamblea, SW foot of range near the W edge of Mesa Yubay and the SSW side of Mesa Cuerno de Borrego; ca 7.0 road mi NNE of abandoned site of El Desengaño

• Elevation

  Alt. 770 - 810 m. (2526 - 2657 ft.)

• Coordinates

  29.2083, -114.014

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Baja California, Mexico
Asteraceae
Stephanomeria exigua Nuttall
var. exigua
SIERRA LA ASAMBLEA: southwest foot of the range
near the W edge of Mesa Yubay and the SSW side of
Mesa Cuemo de Borrego; ca 7.0 road miles NNE of the
abandoned site of El Desengano.
Broad, braided sandy wash with vegetated "sandbar'
benches; N side of the wash marked by steep, dark, rocky
volcanic slopes (basaltic?); S side of the wash consisting
of low, slightly rolling decomposed granite flats with
occasional eroded bouldery outcrops; the flats largely
characterized by low, rounded shrubs with scattered,
towering Pachycereus pringlei.
Annual, occasional locally; ligulate florets 5-6, pale
lavender to nearly white.
ALT: ca770-810m Near 29° 12'30"N 114°00'50"W.
Timothy S. Ross 7038	3 May 1993
Walter Appleby, Steve Boyd.
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