Lonicera subspicata Hook. & Arn.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains
San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.
Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera subspicata Hooker & Amott
var. johnstonii Keck
"EPIPACTIS CANYON": Un-named canyon draining
ENE to Lone Pine Canyon and originating near the E end
of Upper Lytle Creek Ridge [Sheep Creek Truck Road,
2N56, drops NEward through the lower half of this
canyon]; Cajon 7.5' USGS topo sheet; T2N R6W, SW/4
NW/4 NE/4 section 10; elev. ca. 3380-3480 feet.
Riparian strip with scattered willows and "mesic
chaparral" species; Epipactis gigantea andPycnan-
themum californicum locally abundant along stream;
adjacent slopes and flats largely supporting chaparral
elements; a few arborescent Quercus chrysolepis localized
on mesic lower slopes.
Shrub with cream-colored flowers. This material
suggesting some introgression from L. interrupta
Bentham, the more common species on the northerly
slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Timothy S. Ross 3542	18 June 1990
Steve Boyd
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