Viguiera deltoidea var. parishii (Greene) Vasey & Rose

BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
SPONSORED BY THE BELVEDERE SCIENTIFIC FUND
Collector’s note. Portezuelo de la Cues ta de los Dolores
is at the crest of the Sierra de la Giganta just west of the
north end of Isla San José. The vegetation is comprised of
low-growing Caesalpinia placida, Prosopis Palmeri, Pithe-
cellobium confine, Jatropha cuneata, Fouquieria Diguetii,
Cardiospermum spinosum, Pachycereus Pringlei, Machaero-
cereus gummosus, Opuntia. Near the crest of the ridges
{alt. ca. 750 m.) are also Pachycormus discolor, Alvordia,
Enctlia.
BAJA CALIFORNIA, SUR, MEXICO
Sierra de la Giganta
ViKuiera deltoidea Gray aff• var. Parishii
(Greene) VaseySfe Rose
Shrub ca. 0.5 m. tall; leaves small; flowers
large, yellow. On steep, south-facing slope
?with Mimosa and three species of Bur sera,
the vegetation sparse.
Peaks south of Portezuelo de la Cuesta de los Dolores
(westerly from the north end of Isla de San Jose).
Altitude ca.570 m. ca. Lat. 250 07' N., long. 1 io° 57' W.
Annetta Carter ij.780	October 1964
Herbarium of the University of California, Berkeley
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