Natural History Wanderings

KCET’s REWILD blog reports The Vandenberg Monkeyflower (Diplacus vandenbergensis) which is one of California’s rarest wildflowers is being given federal endangered species protections. It is an annual flowering herb found in just nine locations in Santa Barbara County. Extinction threats are competition from invasive plants, wildfire, and climate change. It is found in vegetated areas of loose, sandy soil on Burton Mesa near the Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Read more at Rare Coastal Wildflower Added to Endangered List | Plants | ReWild | KCET