Cryptantha microstachys (Greene ex A.Gray) Greene

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha microstachys (Greene ex A.Gray) Greene
UPPER MONROE ROAD; ridgetop hillock on the divide
between Persinger, Horse, and Little Dalton canyons; ca
850-930 m NW of Horse Canyon Saddle. Glendora 7.5'
USGS quadrangle; T2N R9W, SE/4 SW/4 SW/4 and
SW/4 SE/4 SW/4 section 34; elev ca 3360-3520 feet
North side of hillock on mesic northerly and
northwesterly slopes draining to Persinger Canyon. Mesic
chaparral burned in May erf 1992 by Forest Service
personnel in order to convert a broad swath into a weedy
firebreak. Formerly with Heteromeles arbutifolia,
Quercus wislizeni, Qu. berberidifolia, Cercocarpus
betuloides, Lonicera subspicata johnstonii, Lepechinia
fragrcms, Keckiella cordijblia, Garrya veatchii, etc. I
returned to document some of the fire-followers before
the area is completely converted to weeds.
Locally common robust annuals on bum; corolla limb
0.8-1.0 mm broad; nutlet 1, narrowly lanceolate, glossy,
light brown, 1.2-1.4 mm long, with groove closed.
Timothy S. Ross 7161
16 May 1993
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