Lepechinia rossii S.Boyd & Mistretta

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden [RSA]
Lepechinia rossii S. Boyd & Mistretta
Paratype
S. Boyd	2006
RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Ventura County, California, USA
LAMIACEAE
Lepechinia mistrettae Ross & Boyd ined.
Topa Topa Mountains, southern flank of Tar Creek, ca. 1 air mile
southeast of confluence with Sespe Canyon, along an old dirt road
leading down to Sespe Canyon off of Squaw Flat Road, about the
base of hill 2582 at the boundary of the Sespe Condor Sanctuary.
Near 34°29’ 10’’N, 118°51 ’30”W. T5N R20W unsurveyed. Elev.
ca. 2400 ft.
Extensive area of bedded sandstones, highly deformed and forming
steep slopes with cliff-like outcrops. Soils at collection site
weathering to reddish clay loam.
Scrub vegetation of Adenostoma fasciculatum, Ceanothus
cuneatus, Cercocarpus betuloides, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Salvia
mellifera, Keckiella cordifolia, Fraxinus dipetala, etc.
Sprawling, aromatic shrub, flowers white to cream, bracts of
inflorescence relatively large, longer than flowers. Local in
chaparral on north-facing slopes.
Steve Boyd 8849
Orlando Mistretta, Valerie Soza
12 Jun 1996
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