Illustrator: Marjorie C. Leggitt

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems erect-ascending, spreading (plants tall); internodes 2.5–7(–13) mm; young stems glabrous, sometimes +/- hirtellous. Leaves oblanceolate to linear, semiterete, (2.5–)5–13 mm (not or slightly expanded distally), apex acute-apiculate. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering (Apr–)May–Jun(–Aug).
Habitat: Dry slopes, ridges, lower chaparral and coastal sage scrub
Elevation: 10–1800(–2100) m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Variety fasciculatum is a major component of lower chaparral, upper coastal sage scrub from northern, central, and southern cismontane California and northern Baja California.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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