Calflora Taxon Report
Peritoma lutea  (Hook.) Raf.

(not an active name)

Yellow bee plant , Yellow Spiderwort
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2010 Steve Matson
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2010 Steve Matson
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2010 Steve Matson
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2017 Adam Chasey
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2017 Adam Chasey
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2010 Neal Kramer
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2015 Barry Breckling
Peritoma lutea is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Bloom Period
Genus: Peritoma
Family: Cleomaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Alternate Names:
PLANTSCleome lutea
JEFCleomella lutea
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