Family ²

Sterculiaceae

Description ³

Shrub or small tree reaches 3-8 m in height. The twigs have dense stellate hairs. The shrub has ovate, soft to leathery leaves with 3 main lobes with hairs on the upper and lower surfaces. The spectacular solitary flowers are 35-60 mm wide with no petals and subtended by 3 showy yellow, sepal-like bracts. The ovoid fruit is chambered.

Community ²

Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Flowering ²

May-Jun

Ethnobotany ²

Valley Paiute, Sierra • Yokut Fiber (Cordage). Merriam, C. Hart 1966 Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes. University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley (p. 420)
• Kawaiisu Other (Containers, Hunting & Fishing Item, Furniture, Cordage, Cathartic)
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 32)
• Shoshoni Other (Fasteners) Merriam, C. Hart 1966 Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes. University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley (p. 447)

Garden Location ²

U

Associated species ²

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