Caulanthus major (M.E.Jones) Payson

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Caulanthus major (Jones) Payson
BIG ROCK CREEK CANYON: ca 120 m NNW of Icy
Springs, around a stone building that has been gutted by
fire (the Webber Cabin); Valyermo 7.5' USGS topo sheet;
T3N R9W, NW/4 NW/4 NE/4 section 1; elevation ca.
5680 feet
Vegetation dominated by woodland of Pinus jeffreyi,
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, Quercus chrysolepis, and
scattered Calocedrus decurrens, Abies concolor, and Acer
macrophyllum. Understory shrubs including Rhamnus
californica, Ceanothus integerrimus, Fremontodendron
californicum, Cercocarpus betuloides, Prunus virginiana,
Ribes roezliiy and R. nevadense.
Herbaceous perennial to ca 11 dm tall; glaucous;
apparently glabrous except for a few long trichomes on
the pedicels; scattered locally with Senecio ionophyllus on
a ± northeasterly slope in decomposed granite.
Timothy S. Ross 3361
Steve Boyd, Peter W. Fritsch
11 June 1990
RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Brassicaceae
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