Bowlesia incana (Hoary Bowlesia)

 3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Hoary Bowlesia

SPECIES: Bowlesia incana

FAMILY: Apiaceae (Carrot Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/23/19

LOCATION: Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant 0.5--6 dm. 

Leaf: generally opposite; petiole 1.5--12 cm; blade 0.5--3 cm, round-reniform, lobes 5--9, +- 1/2 to base, widely lanceolate to round, generally obtuse. 

Inflorescence: axillary, +- sessile; bracts lanceolate. 

Flower: calyx lobes minute; petals oblong-ovate, +- yellow-green. 

Fruit: 1.5--2 mm, ovoid to spheric, inflated. 

Ecology: Shade of trees, rocks, shrubs; 

Elevation: < 1400 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NCoRI, c&s SNF, SnJV, CW, SW, DMoj; 

Distribution Outside California: to Texas, South America. 

Flowering Time: Mar--Apr 

Jepson eFlora Author: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax