Plants erect, 15–60 dm. Leaf blades 15–100 × 10–70 mm, base notably cordate. Pedicels 5–15 mm. Flowers 45–85 mm diam. (pressed); sepals usually orange, lobes sometimes reddish at bases and along veins, gland/pit borders rarely setose. Seeds rarely carunculate, usually glabrous.

Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Canyon slopes, chaparral
Elevation: 100–700 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Fremontodendron mexicanum is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.