Linanthus jonesii (Jones' Linanthus, Jones' Desert Trumpet)

3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

 3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

 3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

2/6/05 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Jones' Linanthus, Jones' Desert Trumpet

SPECIES: Linanthus jonesii

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/4/2017

LOCATION: Shaver's Valley, Eastern Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Annual, glandular-hairy. 

Stem: 3--15 cm. 

Leaf: 10--20 mm, linear, entire. 

Inflorescence: cyme. 

Flower: open evening; calyx 7--8 mm, membrane wider than lobes; corolla funnel-shaped, tube 5--6 mm, white, throat yellow, lobes 3--5 mm, white or cream-yellow, with light purple shading on abaxial margins; stamens included. 

Fruit: < calyx, cylindric. 

Seed: 9--28, not gelatinous when wet. 

Ecology: Sandy flats, washes; 

Elevation: < 900 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: D; 

Distribution Outside California: Arizona, Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Mar--May 

eFlora Treatment Author: Robert Patterson & J. Mark Porter