Calycadenia villosa

Dwarf calycadenia

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Dwarf calycadenia is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in central Coast Ranges and Sierra Cascade foothills in dry, rocky hills, grasslands, and foothill woodland openings at elevations of 250 to 850 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers with ray flowers up to 5 millimeters long, each with a narrow central lobe and asymmetric lateral lobes. Growing 10 to 45 centimeters tall with reddish stems that are rigid and scabrous, with dense long hairs and few to many ascending or spreading branches. Its proximal leaves are often persistent, measuring 2 to 5 centimeters long, with narrow linear to lance-elliptic form. The plant produces heads with 1 to 3 flowers per node, each with distinctive peduncle bracts 3 to 12 millimeters long.

Habitat: Dry, rocky hills, ridges, grassland, openings in foothill woodland

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 250-850 m

Bioregions: c&amps SCoRO.

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