/no%20petals;%209%20stamens%20fused%20at%20base;%206%20white%20lobes%204-23-11%20004.jpg) 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%20fork%20in%20pairs,%20%20hairy,%20pale%20green%204-23-11%20008.jpg) 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%20subtended%20by%20whorl%20of%20bracts,%206%20toothed%20calyx%20with%203%20long%20and%203%20short%20spiny%20teeth,%20tips%20hooked%20%204-23-11%20016.jpg) 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. |
/%204-23-11%20015.jpg) Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-23-11. © Joan Avise. |
/on%20dry%20slopes%20of%20sand%20or%20gravel%204-23-11%20018.jpg) On dry slopes of sand or gravel. Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-23-11. © Joan Avise. |