Adenostoma sparsifolium
Adenostoma sparsifolium, Red Shanks.
Red Shank flowers at the Santa Margarita native garden.
Adenostoma sparsifolium
Red Shanks, Adenostoma sparsifolium flowers in mid-summer.
The flowers of Red Shank are little roses.
Description
Red shanks grows from the San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara County line south in chaparral, down through the L.A. basin in coastal sage scrub and up on the edge of the pine forests in many areas like Mountain Center and Wheeler Springs.. It looks something like a tamarisk in fruit and flower. In the upper Malibu area the frequent fires and post-fire seeding of grasses have destroyed most of the plants. Red Shanks makes the area look like something from a James Bond movie shot in Africa or Captain Kirk on an alien planet, or Korea if you watch a MASH rerun. If pruned a little and opened up it makes a very dramatic small tree. Weird that it is not as wide ranging as it's cousin Chamise, but it is as easy to grow and very tolerant of most garden conditions.
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Characteristics
Adenostoma sparsifolium Red Shanks tolerates sand and clay.
Adenostoma sparsifolium Red Shanks's foliage color is lt-green and type is evergreen.
Adenostoma sparsifolium Red Shanks's flower color is white.
Communities
Communities for Adenostoma sparsifolium Red Shanks:Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland.
Ranges for Adenostoma sparsifolium
| ph: | 6.20 to 7.20 |
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| usda: | 7 to 10 |
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| height[m]: | 1.50 to 5.00 |
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| width[m]: | 1.00 to 2.00 |
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| rainfall[cm]: | 31.00 to 77.00 |
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What does all this mean!?!
Last edited on 2012-01-08 18:10:05.
