Chorizanthe rigida (Devil's Spineflower)

3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley, E. Riverside County, CA 

3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary 

3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Devil's Spineflower

SPECIES: Chorizanthe rigida

FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/15/19

LOCATION: Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley,  

E. Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE  

Habit: Plant erect, 0.2--0.8(1.5) dm, hairy. 

Leaf: blades 0.5--2.5 cm, (0.3)0.5--2 cm wide, occasionally tomentose abaxially, cauline blades awned, hard and thorn-like in age. 

Inflorescence: bracts 2, awns 2--4 mm, straight; involucre 2--3 mm, 3-angled, 3-ribbed, transversely ridged, teeth 3, abaxial tooth 5--10 mm, others 2--5 mm, awns straight, 0.5--2.5 mm. 

Flower: 1--2, 1.5--1.8 mm, densely hairy; perianth yellow, lobes entire; stamens 9, fused to perianth tube top. 

Fruit: (1.5)1.8--2.2 mm. 

Ecology: Common. Sand or gravel; 

Elevation: 60--1900 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: SNE, D; 

Distribution Outside California: to southwestern Utah, western Arizona, northwestern Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Feb--Jun 

Jepson eFlora Author: James L. Reveal & Thomas J. Rosatti