Chorizanthe orcuttiana

Description:

Description: Chorizanthe orcuttiana — San Diego spineflower. A small (1-15 cm) annual plant species endemic to (only found in) San Diego County, California. It's clustered flowers are small and each produces a single seed. Listed as federally endangered, this plant prefers habitat within southern maritime chaparral or associated coastal sage scrub, of the California coastal sage and chaparral sub-ecoregion. Photograph taken at Naval Base Point Loma, California. Credit: Dawn Lawson/U.S. Navy. Date: 25 October 2012, 13:55. Source: Orcutt's spineflower (Chorizanthe orcuttiana) Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from Sacramento, US.