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— Madrono, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 409^10, 2006 NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONSS ARIZONA the San Gabriel Mountains: Wesley O. Griesels.n. RSA, PORTERELLA CARNOSVLA (Hook. & Am.) Torr. 1W1eslAepyrilO.19G6r1i,eseMlil6l2ar0d RCSaAn,yon2,8 Mcaa.y20109062f,t. eslaevm.e; (CAMPANULACEAE).—Coconino Co., AZ, Fort location; Philip A. Munz 24319 RSA, 29 May 1962, Valley,just SWofthe lowerflanksofthe San Francisco same location; R.F. Thome 41500 RSA 18 Mar 1971, Peaks, Coconino National Forest. Plants dominating Cobal Canyon, 3 miles N of Claremont, ca. 1650 ft. several smallswaleUs,TgMrowinginwet soilfromdesiccated elev.; S. Hohhs I (RSA, UCR), 22 Apr 1999, Clamshell ephemeral pools. zone 12, 432968 E, 3902771 N, Truck Trail above Monrovia, barely invading into ca. 2225 m, with Geum triflorum, Poa prateiisis. chaparral, proliferating in disturbed soil on roadsides. Ranunculus cardiophyllus var. cardiophyllus, Plagio- V. Soza et al. 1308 (RSA) 28 Jun 2001, Forest Service bothrys scouleri var. hispic/u/us, Limosella acaulis, Road 2N66, between Fern Canyon and Pine Canyon Eleocharis ovata, Mvosurus apetalus var. niontanus. 22 (ca. 2600 ft. elev., T2N, R12W S 29, north of Alta- June 2005, K. Christie 788 (ASC). dena). V. Soza& LeRoy Gross 1140(RSA) 18Apr2001, Previousknowledge: AZ, UT, CAA,ZNV, OR, ID, WY. Santa Anita 1999 fire area, between Little Santa Anita Significance: First collection in since 1927. and Santa Anita Canyons, north side of Santa Anita CryptanthaminimaRydb.(BORAGINACEAEW).— Canyon Road along edges ofminor canyon bottom ca. Coconino Co., AZ, Babbitt Ranches, ca. 4.5 km of 1300 ft. elev. Scott D. White 9827 (RSA) 14 Oct 2003, Double Top, private land. Plants growing on a flat, "Auburn" debris basin at northern terminus ofAuburn UTM openslopeinfine-texturedclay-basedsoil. zone 12, Ave., sterile seedling shrub, solitary in sand ot debris 408389 E, 3941541 N, ca. 1875 m, with Pinus edulis, basin floor(thesingleplant collectedasthevoucher; De Juniperusmonosperma, Gutierreziasarothrae. Bouteloua Vries and Warniment also saw B. hituniinosa there in gracilis. 10June2005, K. Christie641 (ASC). 2005 but did not collect it). Scott D. White 9831 (RSA, Previous knowledge: TX, OK, NM, CO, KA, NE, UCR, duplicates to be distributed), 14 Oct 2003, SD, WY, MT, mostly on the plains east of the "Carter" debris basin at the northern terminus of continental divide. Baldwin Ave, about 10 shrubs in a cluster, growing in ca.Si5g0n0ifikcmancWe: aFinrdstSrWecorredspefcotrivAeZl;y,rfarnogemecxetnetrnaslioNn Mof audpjlaacnedntweclolasatbaolvseagtehescdreubbr,ismbaansyinsemeadrlgiinng,s aatndedagefeowf and southwest CO populations. mature shrubs also on the basin floor. Scott D. White SuCKLEYA—SUCKLEYANA (Torr.) Rydb. (CHENOPO- 9839 (RSA, duplicates to be distributed), 22 Oct 2003, WDIACEAE). CoconinoCo.,AZ,RedLake,ca. 3.5 km "Sierra Madre"debrisbasinat thenorthern terminusof ofCedar Mountain, private land. Plants growing in Sumac St., a few plants on sandy slope above the UTM disturbed,wetsoil/mudattheedgeofalake. zone ephemeral stream channel, just upstream from the 12, 394613 E, 3915285 N, ca. 1975 m, with Rumex debris basin; well past flowering and only calyces of salicifolius, Gnaphalium e.xilifolium, Limosella acaulis. earlier flowers present. P. De Vries & A. Warniments.n. Coreopsis tinctoria, Elatine hrachysperma, Eleocharis (RSA, not yet accessioned), 24 Mar 2005, "Lannan" palustris. 16 September 2005, K. Christie 1193 (ASC). debris basinjust west ofSanta Anita Canyon Road in Previous knowledge: TX, OK, NM, CO, KA, NE, Sierra Madre, growing on uplands in two patches ND, WY, MT. totaHng about one-quarter acre, surrounded by chap- SignificancWe: First record for AZ; range extension of arral and coastal sage scrub, with little evidence ofsoil ca. 300 km from Catron Co., NM. disturbance. LeeJones s.n. (UCR) 14 May 2005, above Panicum mohavense J. Reeder (POACEAE). Stone House Road and Kaia Lane in Sierra Madre Coconino Co., AZ, Babbitt Ranches, Rabbit Canyon, (near "Lannan" debris basin, above), disturbed soil at private land. Plants growing in small pockets ofsoil on edge of trail. A. Warniment s.n. (RSA, not yet a limestone bench. UTM zone 12, 427392 E, 3939582 accessioned), 15 July 2006, Monrovia Canyon Park, N,ca. 1975 m,withPinusedulis,Juniperusmonospernia, along trail between Nature Center and waterfall, about Gutierrezia sarothrae, Bouteloua gracilis. 3 October 100 yards from Nature Center at first switchback, 2005, K. Christie 1300 (ASC). several plants in drainage below culvert, between Previous knowledge: Mohave Co., AZ; and seen in chaparral and oak woodland. 1998 in Socorro Co., NM. Los Angeles County, San Raphael Hills (eastern end Significance: New locality for a critically imperiled of the Verdugo Mountains, between Glendale and (Gl) species; first record for Coconino Co.; range Pasadena): David Bramlet 3526 (RSA), 1 OWctNW2003, extension ofca. 250 km E from Mohave Co., AZ. "Chamberlin" Debris Basin, about 1.5 km of — the Rose Bowl, about 1200 ft. elev.; ca. 5 plants. DepaKrtymleentCohfriBsitolioeg,icaNlorStciheenrcnes,ArBiozxon5a640U,niFvleargssittayf,f L.PirneMviuonuszk1n9o6w8le(dSguep.plTermeeanttedtoaAsCPasloirfaolreniaabFilotruam.i.nUosCa AZ 86011, [email protected], (928) 774-1875. UPrCessPrBeesrs,keBleeryk)elaenyd).1N9a7t4iv(eFltoorasoouftShoeurtnheErunroCpael,ifoSrpnaiian, east to Turkey and Crimea (T.G. Tutin et al. 1968, Flora Europea vol. 2, Cambridge Univ. Pr., London) California and the Canary Islands (J. Izquierdo et al. 2001, Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias, La Laguna 100-140). BiTUM—iNARiA BiTUMiNOSA (L.) Stirton (FABA- Wesley O. Griesel collected the first known North CEAE). Los Angeles County, cismontane foothills of American specimens at Millard Canyon in 1961. Philip