Adenocaulon bicolor

Trail plant, Trail Plant

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Trail plant is a California native perennial found in northwestern California, the California Ranges, Sierra Nevada, northern central Coast Ranges, and San Francisco Bay Area in shaded woodland and forest habitats at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces white flowers in small heads that develop delicate stalked glandular clusters. Growing with openly branched stems 30 to 100 centimeters tall that are slightly tomentose near the base and glandular toward the tips, it develops a distinctive appearance. Its large leaves are triangular to ovate, 3 to 25 centimeters long, with white-woolly undersides and smooth upper surfaces, featuring bases that range from truncate to heart-shaped. The fruit is club-shaped and 5 to 9 millimeters long, contributing to the plant's unique woodland character.

Habitat: Generally in shade, woodland, forest

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, n CCo, SnFrB

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.