Holodiscus discolor
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Rockspirea
Seen on the back side of Arroyo Burro and one plant on the back side of Romero Trail between Island View Trail and the road. Seen blooming in mid-June and mid-July.
The subspecies found in SB (H. d. var microphyllus) was formerly a full species (H. microphyllus) in its own right.
A bush about 6~7 feet high with many white blooms on flowerspikes. Each bloom has about 8 or 9 petals and lots of stamens.
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August 29, 2011 at 10:02 pm |
Holodiscus microphyllus?
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=4212
August 30, 2011 at 8:31 pm |
Again, thank you.
September 1, 2011 at 7:55 am |
What happened to your other pics, especially of the leaf? Otherwise the flowers by themselves look a little like chamise.
September 1, 2011 at 11:27 am |
Somebody forgot to upload the png versions. WordPress degrades jpegs to the point that they are unusable inline.