Choclate Flower

Common Name: Choclate Flower
Scientific Name: Berlandiera lyrata
Clade: vascular, angiosperm, dicot
Date collected: April 23, 2011
Location Collected: Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens - UCLA; as you enter the second entrance you go downhill 2-3 meters.
Habitat: Dry, rocky limestone soils and Well-drained sand, loam, clay, caliche. Well-drained plains & mesas; it requires sun and part shade; it was found near the new butterfly weed; it's native to central south USA
Nativity: Native to the US, but not native to California.
Special notes: This flower smells like chocolate and on warm days it will fill the air with fragrance.
 Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=BELY