University of California, Riverside Plant Herbarium (UCR)
UCR0001421
UCR-BPS-136155
UCR-136155
Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray
Boraginaceae
A.C. Sanders
27712
2004-05-01
2004-5-1
Petra Wester, T.B. Salvato
United States, California, San Bernardino, Hesperia, on dirt track 0.1 mile SE of frontage road of I-15, 0.2 mile south of Ranchero St.
34.37972 -117.41639
1189 meters (3900ft)
Alluvial slope, sandy loam, with Juniper woodland of Juniperus californica, Quercus john-tuckeri, Ephedra nevadensis, Ericameria cooperi, E. linearifolia, Salvia dorrii, Stipa speciosa, etc.
Flowering & Fruiting
Uncommon annual to 50 cm tall; fls. orange. Plants mostly dead, except in places where water had accumulated.