Euphorbia tomentosa S.Watson

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Baja California Sur

• Locality

  Sierra de la Giganta. Ridges and mesas northwest of Portezuelo de la Cuesta de los Dolores (westerly from the north end of Isla de San Jose).

• Elevation

  Alt. 700 m. (2297 ft.)

• Coordinates

  25.117, -110.958

• Location Notes

  "Collector's Note. Portezuelo de la Cuesta de los Dolores is at the crest of the Sierra de la Giganta just west of the north end of Isla San José."

• Distribution

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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
BOTANICAL. EXPLORATIONS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
SPONSORED BY THE BELVEDERE SCIENTIFIC FUND
BAJA CALIFORNIA, SUR, MEXICO
Sierra de la Giganta
Chamaesyce tomentulosa (S. Wats.) Millsp.
Dupl. det. Huft, 1981
Up to 2 dm* tall, flat-topped, spreading,
the foliage gray-green; appendages narrow*
South—facing steep slope.
Ridges and mesas northwest of Portezuelo de la Cuesta
de los Dolores (westerly from the north end of Isla de San
Jose).
Altitude ca. 700 m.
ca. Lat. 250 07' N., long, no® 57-58'W.
Aknetta Carter Ij.793	j9 October 1964
Himamuu op thi University op California, Berkeley
Collector’s note. Portezuelo de la Cuesta de los Dolores
is at the crest of the Sierra de la Giganta just west of the
north end of Isla San Jose. The vegetation is comprised of
low-growing Caesalpinia pfacida, Prosopis Palmeri, Pithe-
cellobium confine, Jatropha cuneata, Fouquieria Diguetii^
Cardiospermum spinosum, Pachycereus Pringlei, Machaero-
cereus gummosus, Opuntia. Near the crest of the ridges
{alt. ca. 750 m.) are also Pachycormus discolor, Alvordia,
Encelia.
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