Flowers: Blooms in late spring. Inflorescence: solitary flowers. Flower yellow, to about 2-1/2 inches diameter; filaments green.
Fruit: Leathery, Tuberculated, yellow; 1/2 to 1-inch long, few spines or bristles.
Seeds: Many, small (usually sterile, generally reproduces by detached segments).
Habitat: Dry, well-drained sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils on upper bajadas and moderate slopes in the lower mountains.
Distribution: Southern California to northern Arizona, and south into northern Mexico.
Elevation: To about 3,300 feet. |