United States, California, Los Angeles, North foothills of San Gabriel Mountains, Elizabeth Lake Road, 3.3 miles west of California Route 14, 0.9 mile west of Highland Street (25th Street West), west of Palmdale. Vicinity of Armagosa Creek.
34.581667 -118.181667
34˚34.9'N Lat. 118˚10.9'W Long
853 meters
2800 feet.
Southwestern Mojave Desert, Joshua tree - juniper flats and open woodland.
Scattered tree 4 meters tall with both flowers and fruits. Flowers dull cream-green, tepals unrolled over pistil, filaments swollen-clavate hooded with tiny yellow anthers. Leaves firm, with sharp spine; stems pithy fibrous within.