Constancea nevinii

Nevin's woolly sunflower

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Nevin's woolly sunflower is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native shrub found in southern Channel Islands (excluding San Nicolas Island) on coastal bluffs and cliff faces at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from April to September, this plant produces yellow ray flowers 2 to 3 millimeters long in large flat-topped clusters with 50 to 100 flower heads. Growing 50 to 150 centimeters tall with decumbent to erect stems that branch at the base and throughout, it forms a distinctive subshrub with white-tomentose foliage. Its alternate leaves are widely ovate, 8 to 25 centimeters long, with 1 to 2-pinnately divided linear to oblanceolate lobes that have slightly rolled under margins. The fruit is 2 to 3 millimeters long, obpyramidal to club-shaped, and turns nearly black with age.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs, cliff faces

Bloom period: Apr-Sep

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: s ChI (exc San Nicolas Island).

California counties: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara

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