Flowers are 2-3 mm. with no petals, hairy, 6 lobes white or yellow with no fringed edges. 9 stamens, fused and hairy at the base. Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-23-11. © Joan Avise. |
Prostrate Spineflower Chorizanthe procumbens A generally decumbent 2-8 cm. hairy annual; uncommon in sandy soil and gravel in coastal sage scrub, San Joaquin Hills, southeast coast and northern mountain foothills (Roberts). Listed as a species of Local Concern, locally rare within Orange County. Back to Polygonaceae of Orange County, California |
Stems fork in pairs, hairy, pale green. Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-23-11. © Joan Avise. |
Flower subtended by whorl of bracts, 6-toothed calyx with 3 long and 3 short spiny teeth, tips hooked. Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-23-11. © Joan Avise. |
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-23-11. © Joan Avise. |
On dry slopes of sand or gravel. Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-23-11. © Joan Avise. |