Xylorhiza tortifolia (Mojave Aster)

 

 4/3/17 CA 190 between Emigrant & Towne Pass,

Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

 4/3/17 CA 190 between Emigrant & Towne Pass,

Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mojave Aster

SPECIES: Xylorhiza tortifolia

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2017

LOCATION: CA 190 between Emigrant & Towne Pass, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb, subshrub, 2--6(8) dm from much-branched caudex. 

Stem: generally branched proximally, with long, nonglandular hairs and shorter, stalked glands. 

Leaf: 2.5--10 cm, reduced distally on stem, linear to lanceolate, oblanceolate or elliptic, acute to spine-tipped, +- spiny-dentate, generally soft-hairy and glandular. 

Inflorescence: peduncle 8--25 cm; phyllaries 5--25 mm, 0.7--2.5 mm wide, soft-hairy, glandular, innermost < to > immediately preceding series. 

Ray Flower: 25--60; tube 4--6 mm; ray 1--3.3 cm, lavender, light blue, or white. 

Disk Flower: 70--110; corolla 5.5--8.5 mm. 

Fruit: 3--6 mm; pappus bristles <= 9 mm. 

Ecology: Desert slopes, canyons, woodland, creosote-bush and saltbush scrub; 

Elevation: 240--2000 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: s SNE, D; 

Distribution Outside California: to southwestern Utah, western Arizona. 

Flowering Time: Mar--Jun, Oct 

eFlora Treatment Author: David J. Keil