Saturday, April 16, 2016

Brandegea bigelovii (Desert Starvine, Brandegea)

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


4/3/11 Meccacopia Trail, Mecca Hills, 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 


4/4/04 Joshua Tree National Park 

4/4/04 Joshua Tree National Park

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Desert Starvine, Brandegea

SPECIES: Brandegea bigelovii

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd Family)

LIFE LIST DATE4/4/2004

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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