Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Plants of Orange County, California, USA
APIACEAE
Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn.
Southern Santa Ana Mountains, San Mateo Canyon Wilderness
Area. Western edge of the wilderness along Lucas Canyon Trail in
Lucas Canyon, just upstream from divide with Aliso Canyon, T7S
R6W NE1/4 SE1/4 sec. 9. Elev. 1200'. Slopes with mixed
chaparral of Adenostomafasciculatum, Ceanothus crassifolius,
Quercus dumosa, and Heteromeles arbutifolia, with scattered
patches of coastal sage scrub of Artemisia californica, Eriogonum
fasciculatum, and Salvia mellifera. Canyon bottoms with riparian
vegetation of Platanus racemosa, Quercus agrifolia, and Baccharis
sdlicifolia.
Annual, locally common in chaparral openings on mesic slope
along trail.
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Tim Ross
May 19, 1992
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