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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
Title: Chorizanthe orcuttiana
Credit: Orcutt's spineflower (Chorizanthe orcuttiana) Uploaded by Tim1357
Author: Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from Sacramento, US
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