2/6/05 Wash off Box Canyon Road across from Little Box Canyon trailhead, Mecca Hills,
Riverside County, CA
3/13/05 Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA
4/4/04 Wash off east side of Cottonwood Road (Eagle Mtns. side), between I-10 and
Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA
Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA
4/4/04 Joshua Tree National Park
4/4/04 Joshua Tree National Park
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Desert Starvine, Brandegea
COMMON NAME: Desert Starvine, Brandegea
SPECIES: Brandegea bigelovii
FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd Family)
FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd Family)
LIFE LIST DATE: 4/4/2004
LOCATION: Wash off east side of Cottonwood Road (Eagle Mtns. side), between I-10 and Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA
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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):
Perennial from taproot
Stem ± glabrous; tendril unbranched
Leaf round, cordate to ± square, generally deeply lobed; central lobe generally longest; upper surfaces dotted with white glands
Inflorescences: staminate flowers in small axillary clusters; pistillate flowers 1 per node
Flower: corolla 1.5–3 mm wide, rotate or shallowly cup-shaped, cream
Fruit dry, indehiscent, asymmetric, ± prickly; body 5–6 mm, ± = beak
Seed 1
Ecology: Canyons, washes
Elevation: < 900 m.
Bioregional distribution: Desert
Distribution outside California: sw Arizona, Mexico
Flowering time: Mar–Apr
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