Catalog Number #: RSA0386662

Occurrence ID: 75c8f749-37b4-4d18-8d9a-149273aa5906

Family: Asparagaceae

Determiner: James C. Dice

Date Determined: s.d.

Observer: James C. Dice

Collector Number: 721

Date: 1987-09-09

Verbatim Date: 9 SEPT 1987

Additional Collectors: J. D. Tenhunen

Locality: United States, California, Riverside

Latitude/Longitude: 33.445 -117.164722

Verbatim Coordinates: T8S, R3W, northeast 1/4 of northwest 1/4 of section 35; 33° 26' 42" N, 117° 09' 53" W

Elevation: 390 Meters

Verbatim Elevation: 1280'

Habitat: On S-facing slope in inland sage scrub with Salvia apiana and Eriogonum fasciculatum.

Description: Monocarpic perennial with crowded rosette of linear-lanceolate, green to slightly glaucous leaves with needle-like apical point. Inflorescence a stout panicle to 3 m tall, ca. 25-50 mm in diameter at base. Fruit a somewhat woody, septicidal capsule. Seeds thin, black. Many of the capsules contained a small portion of seeds cemented together and hollowed out inside by the reddish-green larvae of Tegeticula maculata. Larvae were ca. 10-15 mm long. Locally common. Voucher for seed collection. Note: Leaves on fruiting plants were dead. This leaf from nearby, non-flowering individual.

Reproductive Condition: fruits

Preparations: herbarium sheet

Notes: Native