Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Riverside County, California, USA
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Veronica peregrina L. ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell
Santa Ana Mountains-Gavilan Hills region: Temescal Canyon,
terrace escarpment just south of DePalma Road between Indian Wash
and Horsethief wash. Near 33° 44' 29.1" N 117° 26' 19.7" W
Area of clay soil exposed on terrace escarpments, generally northerly
facing slopes.
Clay soil dominated by grasses, annual, and perennial herbs, including
Avena barbata, Bromus rubens, Stipa pulchra, Lupinus succulentus,
Allium munzii, Lasthenia califomica, Microseris heterocarpa,
Microsens douglasii ssp. platycarpha, Calandrinia ciliata,
Dichelostemma pulchellum, and Plagiobothrys collinus, with a few
scattered shrubs of Isocoma menziesii and Eriogonum fasciculatum.
Areas of nonclay soil with denser scrub of Artemisia califomica,
Adenostoma fasciculatum, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Salvia
mellifera.
Annual, flowers white. Locally common in small, wet depression on
clay, with Myosurus minimus and Baccharis salicifolia.
Steve Boyd 10402	12 Apr 2001
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