Plant collected 8/19/14, photographed later but not vouchered. Note dorsal row of papules along the midline. Associates: Wolffia columbiana and Wolffia brasiliensis. Identifications verified by Wayne Armstrong.
Plant collected 8/19/14, photographed later but not vouchered. Note reddish anthocyanin patches on ventral surface. Associates: Wolffia columbiana and Wolffia brasiliensis. Identifications verified by Wayne Armstrong.
Plants were densely populating the marine terrace from edge most of bluff to and across Highway 1, in all stages of mature seasonal growth: flower buds, open blooms, and maturing capsules. Plants did not exceed 12 cm in total height. This specimen was within 10 centimeters of the bluff edge where most plants were still in bloom and without maturing capsules.
Very localized population of about 40 plants, on shaded outcrop near (downslope) from a serpentine seepage area. Under Pinus sabiniana and Ceanothus cuneatus cover, population is cryptic and appears stable.
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Hesperoyucca whipplei (=Yucca whipplei) in flower taken on the Cuyamange quadrangle near Descanso, San Diego County. Quad name: Cuyamaca. Quad number: 191.