Cressa truxillensis Kunth

PLANTS OF THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
Flora of Santa Cruz Island
Cressa truxillensis Kunth
Convolvulaceae
USA, California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Cruz
Island: Playa Larga, E. of Johnson's Cyn. mouth.
33.9708N, -119.8342W +-400 meters WGS84
Elev: 2m. (5 ft.)
Clay flats, immediately behind beach.
Prostrate, decumbent; fls. white tinged w/ light purple.
Locally common; to upright amidst Distichlis.
Associated species: Distichlis, Spergularia macrocarpa,
Atriplex semibaccata, Polypogon monspeliensis, Cotula
coronopifolia, Heterotheca, Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum.
Steven A. Junak SC-2802
1 August 1991
SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN
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