Medicago lupulina L.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains
San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.
Fabaceae
Medicago lupulina L.
"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
chaparral11 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.
Locally scattered annual; corollas yellow.
Timothy S. Ross 3549	18 June 1990
Steve Boyd
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