Coreopsis bigelovii (A.Gray) H.M.Hall

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN

Flora of Los Angeles County, California, USA
ASTERACEAE

Coreopsis bigelovii (A. Gray) H. M. Hall

Liebre Mountains region, Plum Canyon southwest of Cruzan
Mesa along Arline Road ca 2 miles west of junction with
Sierra Highway in Mint Canyon. Near 34° 27' 04.5"N 118°
27' 10.4" W. T5N R15W NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 9. Elev. ca.
2000 ft.

Eroded sedimentary hills weathering to cobbley clay soils.
Elevated bench on north side of canyon supporting well
developed vernal pool, now dessicated.

Slopes with scrub of Prunus ilicifolia, Heteromeles
arbutifolia, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Artemisia
califomica, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Yucca whipplei.
Vernal pool bed with Psilocarphus brevissimus,
Deschampsia danthonioides, Hemizonia fasciculata, and
Bromus hordeaceus.

Annual, flowers bright yellow. Locally common on open,
steep, xeric slopes.

Steve Boyd 9144
Lauren Raz

4 Mar 1997

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