Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Apiaceae
Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertner
WHITTIER HILLS (local name for the western extremity
of the Puente Hills): upper end of Turnbull Canyon.
Whittier 7.5' USGS quadrangle; T2S R11W, N/2 NE/4
SE/4 section 15; elev. ca 760-780 feet.
Localized, but locally common annual with sprawling
stems; at disturbed base of mesic N slope at margin of
horse trail. Schizocarps strigose on veins; both mericarps
tuberculate, or one with stout, cenchroid prickles.
Associated with Heteromeles arbutifolia, Bromus
catharticus, Galium aparine, Picris echioides,
Hirschfeldia incana, etc.
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