University of California, Riverside Plant Herbarium (UCR)
UCR0070416
UCR-BPS-282031
UCR-282031
Salvia columbariae Benth.
Lamiaceae
R.G. Swinney
16235
2014-04-24
2014-4-24
United States, California, Los Angeles, SE of Valyermo, Shoemaker Cyn., S-facing slope on south side of Big Pines Hwy at 2nd horseshoe curve, 0.7 mile ENE of jct. of Big Rock Creek Rd.
34.43 -117.81861
T4N R9W sec16
1244 meters (4080ft)
Site of small, c. 4 ac., fire in 2013; previously chaparral transition w/ Juniperus cal. (all fire-killed), prolific resprouting of Purshia gla.; fine reddish-brown soil w/ < 5 inch rocks; w/ Acmispon g., Hesperoyucca, Erodium, Emmenanthe, Opuntia b., Calochortus, Scutellaria, Dichelostemma, Allium, Syntrichopappus, etc.
Flowering
Abundant annual; base of cor. tube white, upper purple, bracts reddish-purple.