Kochia californica

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 17: 378. 1882.

Endemic
Synonyms: Bassia californica (S. Watson) A. J. Scott Kochia americana var. californica (S. Watson) M. E. Jones
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 312. Mentioned on page 311.

Plants brownish, brownish green, or grayish green, 10–60 cm, densely tomentose. Stems erect (rarely ascending), branched throughout; branches arcuate, ascending or spreading. Leaves usually remote, not overlapping, sessile; blade narrowly ovate, lanceolate, or oblong-linear, flattened, 3–20 × 1.5–3.5 mm, sericeous. Inflorescences spicate, or primary axis paniculately branched; 1–4(–5)-flowered in axils of bracts. Perianth segments densely tomentose or almost glabrate.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Alkaline soils, deserts, semideserts, eroded mountain slopes, other marginal habitats
Elevation: 0-1500 m

Discussion

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S. Watson +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
0-1500 m +
Alkaline soils, deserts, semideserts, eroded mountain slopes, other marginal habitats +
Flowering late summer–fall. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. +
Bassia californica +  and Kochia americana var. californica +
Kochia californica +
Kochia sect. Neokochia +
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