Salvia carduacea Benth.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the Liebre Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Lamiaceae
Salvia carduacea Bentham
Southwesterly slope of LIEBRE MOUNTAIN along
Forest Service Road 7N23; ca 4300 ft SW of Sandberg
Triangulation Point (5345 ft). USGS 7.5' Liebre Mtn
Quadrangle; T7N R17W, SE/4 SE/4 SW/4 Section 5;
elevation ca 4640-4660 feet.
Sunny, SW exposure; mosaic of grassland and
oaks overlooking a tributary of Liebre Gulch.
Locally scattered annual on decomposed granite
substrate; corollas lavender-blue; anthers/pollen bright
orange.
Timothy S. Ross 8379	26 April 1995
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