Oligomeris linifolia (Lineleaf Whitepuff)

 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: Lineleaf Whitepuff

SPECIES: Oligomeris linifolia

FAMILY: Resedaceae (Mignonette 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: Annual (perennial herb), +- fleshy, glabrous. 

Stem: erect, < 45 cm. 

Leaf: 8--45 mm, 0.5--2 mm wide, linear to +- oblanceolate. 

Inflorescence: bracts triangular to awl-like.

Flower: 1--2 mm; sepals 4; petals 2 (>2), +- white; stamens 3(4); carpels generally 4. 

Fruit: 1.7--3 mm, 4-parted, compressed-spheric. 

Seed: black, shiny. 

Ecology: Rocky slopes, open dunes, ocean bluffs, roadsides, alkaline places; 

Elevation: < 850 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: SnJV, SW, D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Texas, Mexico; Eurasia, northern Africa. 

Flowering Time: Feb--Jul 

Jepson eFlora Author: Thomas F. Daniel