/Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%204-17-11%20DSC01369.JPG) No petals; 9 stamens. Pink to red 3-4 mm. flowers are subtended in a whorl of needle-like bracts in shades of red to purple to green. Calyx hairy, pink to rose colored with 6 lobes, 3 long and 3 short. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-17-11. © Joan Avise. |
Turkish Rugging Chorizanthe staticoides A common low prickly erect 4-12 in. annual growing in patches on exposed, dry sandstone outcrops and openings in coastal sage or bluff scrub and chaparral; eastern foothills and Santa Ana Mountains (Roberts)Polygonaceae; Subfamily Eriogonoideae Back to Polygonaceae of Orange County, California |
/on%20beach%20bluffs,%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%20%20%204-25-10%20060.jpg) On beach bluffs. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Joan Avise. |
/on%20beach%20dunes,%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA%205-13-06.jpg) On beach dunes. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 5-13-06. © Joan Avise. |
/on%20beach%20bluffs,%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%204-25-10%20151.jpg) On beach bluffs. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Joan Avise. |
/on%20beach%20bluffs,%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%20%20%204-25-10%20059.jpg) On beach bluffs. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Joan Avise. |
/on%20beach%20bluffs,%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%204-25-10%20058.jpg) On beach bluffs. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Joan Avise. |
/on%20beach%20bluffs%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%204-25-10%20053.jpg) On beach bluffs. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Joan Avise. |
/grows%20in%20patches;%20center%20patch%20just%20starting%20to%20flower%20%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20beach,%20CA.%204-17-11%20DSC01371.JPG) Grows in patches; center patch just starting to flower. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-17-11. © Joan Avise. |
/on%20beach%20bluffs,%20Crystal%20Cove%20State%20Beach,%20Laguna%20Beach,%20CA.%204-25-10%20055.jpg) Leaves are basal, 1-2 in. on stems; woolly below, downy above. On beach bluffs. Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Joan Avise. |
/DSC_0565b.jpg) Aliso Canyon, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 6-4-10. © Peter J. Bryant |
/DSC_0625b.jpg) Aliso Canyon, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 6-4-10. © Peter J. Bryant |
/DSC_0630b.jpg) Aliso Canyon, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 6-4-10. © Peter J. Bryant |
/DSC_0546b.jpg) Reddish hairy stems fork in repeated pairs at the top of which forms flat-topped densely packed inflorescences. Aliso Canyon, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 6-4-10. © Peter J. Bryant |
/DSC_0569b.jpg) Aliso Canyon, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 6-4-10. © Peter J. Bryant |
/DSC_0578b.jpg) Aliso Canyon, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 6-4-10. © Peter J. Bryant |