Pappostipa speciosa (Trin. & Rupr.) Romasch.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of die San Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Poaceae
Stipa speciosa Trinius & Ruprecht
MT GLEASON Area: north-northwesterly ridge
descending from MESSENGER PEAK (6015 ft), on the
watershed divide between Mill Canyon and Moody
Canyon; Acton USGS 7.5' quadrangle; T4N R13W, SW/4
SE/4 section 26; elevation ca. 4290-4500 feet.
Local slopes dominated by chaparral elements
including Quercus wislizeni, Ceanothus greggii vestitus,
Keckiella ternata, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Cercocarpus
betuloides, Arctoslaphylos glauca, Eriodictyon tricho-
calyx, E. crassifolium. Yucca whipplei caespitosa, etc.
Herbaceous perennial forming a dense clump;
scattered in rock outcrops and on decomposed granite
slopes.
Timothy S. Ross 2639	23 May 1990
Steve Boyd
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