Centaurium exaltatum (Griseb.) W.Wight ex Piper

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, USA
GENTIANACEAE
Centaurium ex,altatum (Griseb.) Piper
Liebre Mountains, Castaic Creek drainage upstream from
confluence of Fish Canyon. Near 34°36’30”N, 118°39’55”W.
T6N R17W N 1/2 SE 1/4 sec. 15; S 1/2 NE 1/4 sec. 23. Elev. ca.
1800 - 2000 feet.
Narrow canyon surrounded by steep slopes, mostly of sedimentary
rock.
Vegetation on slopes mostly scrub of Salvia leucophylla, S.
mellifera, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Artemisia califomica.
Riparian elements such as Salix lasiolepis, S. laevigata, S. exigua,
Baccharis salicifolia, and Populus fremontii developed along stream
channels.
Annual, flowers pink. Occasional on drying stream bed.
Steve Boyd 8833	12 Jun 1996
Orlando Mistretta, Valerie Soza
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