3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley, E. Riverside County, CA
3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley, E. Riverside County, CA
3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley, E. Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Desert Ironwood
SPECIES: Olneya tesota
FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea 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: Shrub, tree, generally armed, canescent.
Leaf: even-1-pinnate, alternate or clustered; stipular spines breaking off, leaving scar, occasionally 0; leaflets 8--21, +- opposite, obovate or elliptic, thick; axis extending beyond leaflets, pointed.
Inflorescence: raceme, axillary, 2--many-flowered.
Flower: corolla 10--14 mm, wings purple-pink suffused with white, banner, keel yellow-white to pink or purple; 9 filaments fused, 1 free.
Fruit: slowly dehiscent, oblong or elliptic, plump, generally narrowed between seeds, persistent.
Seed: 1--3.
Ecology: Often abundant in washes;
Habit: Shrub, tree, generally armed, canescent.
Leaf: even-1-pinnate, alternate or clustered; stipular spines breaking off, leaving scar, occasionally 0; leaflets 8--21, +- opposite, obovate or elliptic, thick; axis extending beyond leaflets, pointed.
Inflorescence: raceme, axillary, 2--many-flowered.
Flower: corolla 10--14 mm, wings purple-pink suffused with white, banner, keel yellow-white to pink or purple; 9 filaments fused, 1 free.
Fruit: slowly dehiscent, oblong or elliptic, plump, generally narrowed between seeds, persistent.
Seed: 1--3.
Ecology: Often abundant in washes;
Elevation: < 1300 m.
Bioregional Distribution: PR, DSon;
Distribution Outside California: Arizona, Mexico.
Flowering Time: Apr--May
Jepson eFlora Author: Matt Lavin & Duane Isely
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