University of California, Riverside Plant Herbarium (UCR)
UCR0064718
UCR-BPS-120336
UCR-120336
Platystemon californicus Benth.
Papaveraceae
Mitch Provance
1981
2000-04-16
2000-4-16
Jeffrey Ross
United States, California, Kern, Pine Tree Cyn, c. 0.5 miles N on the dirt road which splits N off of Pine Tree Cyn Rd., and follows the Los Angeles Aqueduct.; Southern Sierra Nevada/ West Mojave Desert
35.25569 -118.08806
T31S R36E sec14
1000 meters (3280ft)
Rocky alluvial granitic slopes with creosote bush scrub. Associated with Eriogonum nudum, Caulanthus coulteri, Lupinus excubitus, Psorothamnus and Xylorhiza tortifolia.
Flowering
Common annual with white-cream flowerspetals, sometimes becoming yellow towards the tips.