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Fig. 80. California redbud (Cercis occidenia'is) . 



Summer and Fall because of the large clusters of long reddish-brown pods 

 hanging from under the leaves. 



Occurrence. — YOSEMITE, common in the foothills and at the mouths of the 

 canyons; vicinity of EI Portal. SEQUOIA, common, 1,600 to 5,000 feet: vicinity of 

 Ash Mountain; Mineral King road; near Clough Cave, grand CANYON, in the canyon, 

 3,500 to 6,000 feet: Bright Angel trail IJ/2 miles belovif South Rim; Indian Gardens; 

 Kaibab trail on Tonto north of Colorado River; along trail above Roaring Springs; 

 Hermit trail. 



Range Krameria, Range Ratany (Krameria parvijoUa Benth. var. 

 glandidosa (Rose & Paint.) McBr.). — Low rigidly branched shrub 1 to 2 feet 

 high with branches spreading close to the ground; leaves linear, ^ to i/^ inch 

 long; flowers purple, about 1/2 inch across, irregular; sepals and petals 5, the 

 sepals large and petal-like, hairy on the back; pods 1 -seeded, egg-shaped to 

 heart-shaped, bur-like with slender barbed spines. 



This is a plant of the hot desert country which is usually found in gravelly 

 soils, sometimes in such abundance as to give a bluish-green or purplish cast 

 to the landscape. For this reason, it is sometimes called purple heather. It 



