Deinandra clementina

Island tarplant

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Island tarplant is a rare (CNPS 4.3) California native shrub found in northern Channel Islands including Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands in coastal scrub and salt marsh edges at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from March to December, this plant produces deep yellow ray flowers 4.5 to 7 millimeters long with distinctive crowded, flat-topped flower clusters. Growing as a subshrub 15 to 80 centimeters tall with woolly tufts in some leaf axils, it has branching stems with variable hairiness. Its leaves are long-soft hairy, often coarse or scabrous, with proximal leaves that may be toothed or entire and frequently stalked-glandular. The flower heads feature ray flowers in deep yellow and disk flowers with reddish to dark purple anthers, creating a vibrant coastal display.

Habitat: Coastal scrub, open sites, salt marsh edges

Bloom period: Mar-Dec

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: n ChI (Anacapa, Santa Cruz islands), s ChI.

California counties: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura

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