3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, Eastern Riverside County, CA
3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, Eastern Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: California Fagonia, Smooth-Stem Fagonia
SPECIES: Fagonia laevis
FAMILY: Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop Family)
LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2011
LOCATION: Shaver's Valley, Eastern Riverside County, CA
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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:
NATIVE
Habit: Shrub < 1 m, intricately branched.
Leaf: leaflets 3--9 mm, generally < petiole, 1--4 mm wide.
Flower: +- 1 cm wide.
Fruit: 4--5 mm wide, minutely strigose or hairy, rarely glandular or glabrous; style 1--2 mm, wider at base.
Ecology: Rocky hillsides, sandy washes;
Elevation: < 1200 m.
Bioregional Distribution: D;
Distribution Outside California: to southwestern Utah, northwestern Mexico.
Flowering Time: Mar--May, Nov--Jan
Note: Further study needed to determine if Fagonia longipes Standl. [Fagonia californica Benth. subsp. longipes (Standl.) Felger & C.H. Lowe] (minute, glandular hairs on fruits) represents a distinct evolutionary lineage.
Synonyms: Fagonia californica Benth. subsp. laevis (Standl.) Wiggins
eFlora Treatment Author: Duncan M. Porter
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