Spartium junceum L.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, USA
FABACEAE
Spartium junceum L.
Liebre Mountains, confluence of Ruby Canyon and Elizabeth Lake
Canyon at northwest end of Red Mountain. Near 34°36’ 10’ ’N,
118°33’14”W. T6NR16W. Elev. ca. 1920 ft.
Disturbed fill off edge of Ruby Canyon Road at jtn with Lake
Hughes Road.
Slopes with Cercocarpus betuloides, Quercus agrifolia,
Adenostoma fasciculatum, Eriogonum fasciculatum, etc. Populus
fremontii, Salix lasiolepis, S. laevigata, S. exigua, Tamarix
ramosissima common along stream in canyon bottoms.
Shrub, flowers sweet scented, bright yellow. Locally common
along disturbed road edge and invading adjacent scrub.
Steve Boyd 8776
Mike Wall
16 May 1996
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