Stephanomeria exigua subsp. coronaria (Greene) Gottlieb

FLORA NORTH AMERICA
Stephanomeria exigua Nuttall
subsp. coronaria (Greene) Gottlieb
L.D. Gottlieb, 1998
RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the Liebre Mountains,
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Asteraceae
Stephanomeria exigua Nuttall
ssp. coronaria (E.L.Greene) Gottlieb
2 miles NW of ACTON: Sandy wash, S side of
intersection Escondido Canyon Road & Red Rover Mine
Road. Acton 7.5' USGS Quadrangle; T5N R13W, SW/4
NW/4 NW/4 section 26. Elevation ca 2900-2960 feet.
Small sandy wash draining SE-ward toward Acton;
gravelly metamorphics; low rolling hills with slopes dominated
by Artemisia tridentata parishii, Chrysothamnus nauseosus,
Atriplex canescens, Eriogonumfasciculatwn,with scattered
Juniperus californica, Ephedra nevaderisis, Haplopappus cf.
cooperi.
Grazed annual at margin of sandy wash; ray flowers 5,
lavender-pink.
Timothy S. Ross 8232
Steve Boyd
20 Sept. 1994
03072748