Pholistoma membranaceum (Benth.) Constance

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RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Hydrophyllaceae
Pholistoma membranaceum (Bentham) Constance
MOJAVE DESERT: Fort Tejon Road, 0.1 mile W of its
junction with Hwy 138 (& hiking ± S to SSW), ca 0.25-
0.3 miles W of the county line. Mescal Creek USGS 7.5'
Quadrangle; T4N R8W, SE/4 NW/4 NE/4 and NE/4
SW/4 NE/4 section 12. Elevation ca 3880-3950 feet.
Gradual NNE slope on alluvial fan emanating from
Le Montaine Creek (San Gabriel Mtns); vegetation
dominated locally by Larrea tridentata, Yucca brevi/olia,
Juniperus calijarnica, Eriogonum fasciculatum
polifolium, Salvia dorrii pilosa, etc.
Sprawling, succulent-stemmed annual; only
encountered locally beneath Juniperus californica shrubs,
growing over the dense thatch of juniper leaf litter.
Timothy S. Ross 4644	27 April 1991
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