Halimolobos jaegeri

Jaeger's halimolobos

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Jaeger's halimolobos is a California native perennial found in western Inyo and eastern Mojave Desert regions on limestone cliffs, steep rock outcrops, and sagebrush-juniper areas at elevations of 1,200 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces small white petals 4.5 to 6 millimeters long with delicate, narrow form. Growing with many-branched stems 15 to 75 centimeters tall that are somewhat woody at the base and densely hairy, it develops a moderately robust structure. Its leaves are oblanceolate to obovate, 3 to 8 centimeters long with coarsely dentate margins and dense hair coverage, becoming progressively smaller up the stem. The fruit develops as a narrow cylindric pod 1.5 to 2.6 centimeters long, densely covered in fine hairs with seeds arranged in a single row.

Habitat: Limestone cliffs, steep rock outcrops, sagebrush-juniper areas

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 1200-2600 m

Bioregions: W&ampI, DMoj

California counties: Inyo, San Bernardino, Mono

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