Coarse sandy soil at the edge of Iron Canyon Wash in Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California, elev. approx. 2400 ft.
Coarse sandy soil at the edge of Iron Canyon Wash in Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California, elev. approx. 2400 ft.
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California, elev. approx. 2400 ft.
Coarse sandy alluvium in the bed of Iron Canyon Wash Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California, elev. approx. 2400 ft.
A population of dozens of plants growing in cobbles on thin silty soils. Drift debris in vegetation indicated recent shallow flooding of the site from the Sacramento River. Nearby plants include Eriodictyon californicum, Vicia villosa, Eriogonum wrightii, Logfia gallica, Scleranthus annuus, Eriogonum nudum, Trifolium hirtum, and a medicago.