9/23/16 Site#82, Jumbo Rocks Campground,
Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA
3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA
4/2/17 Behind campsite #45, Furnace Creek Campground,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
4/2/17 Behind campsite #45, Furnace Creek Campground,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
4/3/17 Day use area off CA 190 between Stove Pipe Wells and Emigrant,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
2/6/05 Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA
3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center,
Chuckwalla Valley, E. Riverside County, CA
3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA
4/2/17 Behind campsite #45, Furnace Creek Campground,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
4/2/17 Behind campsite #45, Furnace Creek Campground,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
4/3/17 Day use area off CA 190 between Stove Pipe Wells and Emigrant,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
2/6/05 Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA
3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center,
Chuckwalla Valley, E. Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Creosote Bush
SPECIES: Larrea tridentata
FAMILY: Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop Family)
LIFE LIST DATE: 2/6/2005
LOCATION: Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA
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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:
NATIVE
Leaf: leaflets < 18 mm, < 8.5 mm wide, obliquely lanceolate to curved; awn between leaflets < 2 mm, +- deciduous.
Flower: < 2.5 cm wide; sepals ovoid, appressed-hairy; petal claw +- brown; stamens > appendages; ovary hairs dense, straight, stiff, silvery (red-brown in fruit); style 4--6 mm, persistent on young fruit.
Fruit: 4.5 mm wide (except hairs), hairs +- 2--4 mm, dense, spreading.
Ecology: Common. Desert scrub;
Elevation: < 1000 m.
Bioregional Distribution: SNE, D, (uncommon Teh, SnJV, SCo, SnJt);
Distribution Outside California: to southwestern Utah, Texas, central Mexico.
Flowering Time:Apr--May
Note: Closely related to southern South America Larrea divaricata. Clones may live > 11000 years, longest among extant plants; resinous odor characteristic; dominant shrub over vast areas of desert.
Synonyms: Larrea divaricata Cav. subsp. tridentata (DC.) Felger & C.H. Lowe; Larrea tridentata var. arenaria L.D. Benson
eFlora Treatment Author: Duncan M. Porter
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