Adenophyllum porophylloides

San Felipe dogweed

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

San Felipe dogweed is a California native perennial found in the eastern edge of the Peninsular Ranges, southern Desert Mojave, and Desert Sonoran regions in washes, alluvial fans, and rocky slopes in open scrub and woodland at elevations of 50 to 1,300 meters. Flowering from March to June and October to December, this plant produces yellow flowers that transition to red-orange, with ray flowers 5 to 6 millimeters long in distinctive heads. Growing 20 to 50 centimeters tall with erect stems, it develops a distinctive branching habit in open habitats. Its pinnately lobed leaves are 15 to 40 millimeters long, featuring oil glands at the base and tip of each lobe, creating a unique aromatic characteristic. The fruit develops small scales 7 to 12 millimeters long, composed of 7 to 11 fused bristles.

Habitat: Washes, alluvial fans, rocky slopes, in open scrub, woodland

Bloom period: Mar-Jun, Oct--Dec

Elevation: 50-1300 m

Bioregions: e edge PR, s DMoj, DSon

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