Salvia carduacea Benth.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Lamiaceae
Salvia carduacea Bentham
MOJAVE DESERT: Black Butte Basin Road; 2.75 miles
and ca 145° SW of Three Sisters [buttes]. Lovejoy Buttes
USGS 7.5' Quadrangle; T5N R8W, SW/4 NW/4 SW/4
NE/4 section 19. Elevation ca 3290-3300 feet.
Open desert dominated locally by Larrea tridentata
and Yucca brevi/olia.
Scattered annual.
Timothy S. Ross 4665
27 April 1991
03093586