Catalog #:
RSA0049944
Secondary Catalog #:
RSA accession: 826866
Taxon:
Tetracoccus hallii Brandegee
Family: Picrodendraceae
Collector:
A. C. Sanders 40473
Date: 2012-10-24
Verbatim Date: Oct 24 2012
Additional Collectors:
Mitch Provance
Locality:
United States, California, Imperial, eastern edge of Chocolate Mtns. Aerial Gunnery Range on powerline road 0.1 mi. east of jct. with old Niland-Blythe Rd.; Augustine Pass 7.5’ Q.
33.41036 -115.26767 +-100m.
Elevation:
627 meters
(2057ft)
Habitat:
Wash on alluvial slope, sandy gravel with cobbles; creosote bush scrub. Desert pavement on nearby uplands.
Associated Species:
Larrea, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Simmondsia, Hilaria rigida, Senna armata, Viguiera parishii, Lycium andersonii, Trixis californica, Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Hyptis emoryi, Fouquieria splendens, etc.
Description:
Uncommon 1-1.5 m shrub in gullies and on wash margins. Dioecious, this female; some plants now sterile, presumably male.
Reproductive Condition:
fruits
Preparations:
herbarium sheet
Establishment Means:
Native
Record Id: 9e158193-364c-4ef1-8c0b-e5db5236a95f
Occurrence ID (GUID):
1fbd1acd-eb02-4bbf-8f04-d437d558827f