Lythrum californicum Torr. & A.Gray

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LYTHRACEAE IN ARIZONA
Lvthrum californicum Torrey & Gray
COCHISE COUNTY. Whetstone Mountains,
east flanks of foothills, French Joe
Canyon, 1.3 miles west of Sand Ranch
Road, along Forest Service Road 4018,
T19S R19E Section 3, center, 5600 feet,
1706 m.
At spring, in canyon with Rhus
choriophylla, Vitis, Quercus grisea,
Mimosa dysocarpa, Juglans major,
Prosopis velutina, Acacia, Desmodium,
Rhamnus californica, Bothriochloa,
Hedeoma; on open slopes Agave schottii,
A. palmeri, Macrosiphonia, Eragrostis
lehmaniana, Croton, Mimosa dysocarpa,
Cheilanthes, Acacia angustissima,
Mammillaria heyderi, Ferocactus
wislizenii, Fouquieria, Evolvulus,
Echinocereus pectinatus, Dasylirion,
Jatropha macrorhiza, Artemesia
ludoviciana, Solanum eleagnifolium,
Celtis reticulata, Quercus grisea, Q.
emoryi. Locally frequent herbaceous
perennial, in mesic soil, flowers rose-
purple.
27 August 1993
Liz Ecker
Wendy Hodgson 7453
Herbarium of Desert Botanical Garden
(DES)
03789757