UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0065167
UCR-BPS-123875
UCR-123875
Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia (Torr.) A. Cronquist
Hydrophyllaceae
Steven R. Hill
33662
2001-05-03
2001-5-3
United States, California, Riverside, NE-facing slopes of Mt. San Jacinto, Tramway Road in vicinity of road summit, Chino Canyon, c. 3.8 mi west of CA Hwy 111, Palm Springs. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway property, around and below parking area
33.83861 -116.61361
793 meters (2601ft)
Rocky, dry NE-facing slopes, bedrock apparently granitic-metamorphic; soil sandy, with gravel and large boulders. Western Sonoran Desert scrub, including Eriogonum fasciculatum, Spharalcea ambigua, Mirabilis bigelovii, Eriodictyon crassifolium, Bernrdia, Prosopis, etc.
Flowering
Local herb, stems to 1 m long, ascending, floers white fading pale purplish, robust herb (resembles potato plant) with irritating bristles; among boulders.