Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Aizoaceae
Galenia pubescens (Ecklon & Zeyher) Druce
var. pubescens
Bot. Soc. Exch. Qub Brit. Isles 1916: 624 (1917)
(Det. T. S. Ross)
SIGNAL HILL: disturbed, undeveloped property along
Hill Street in the two-block area between Stanley and
Ohio Avenues. Long Beach USGS 7.5' topo; T4S R12W
Sect 29. Elevation ca 250 feet (76 m).
Locally common herbaceous to suffrutescent
perennial with procumbent stems, forming low mounds
10-30 dm in diameter. Perianth segments ca. 2.5 mm
long by 1 mm broad, white to pale pinkish inside; anthers
pale salmon-pink.
Area scheduled to be developed. Currently, the
plants are mowed on a fairly regular basis but continue to
come back, and a portion of the site that has been plowed
remains infested.
Native to southern Africa; this apparently the first
known site for this taxon as a weed in North America.
John Ekhoff s.n.
12 June 1992
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