Deinandra increscens subsp. increscens

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Deinandra increscens is a California native annual found in coastal and southern California bioregions including the central Coast, western and northern Santa Cruz Mountains, northern Santa Cruz Island, and northern Channel Islands in sandy or clayey grasslands, scrub openings, and disturbed sites at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from April to November, this plant produces yellow flowers in panicle-like clusters with 8 to 13 ray flowers and 13 to 29 disk flowers. Growing up to one meter tall with branching stems, it forms distinctive panicle-like inflorescences with peduncles longer than the flower heads. Its leaves vary across the plant, with lower leaves potentially different from upper leaves, typical of many annual composite species. The flower heads feature overlapping peduncle bracts that cover less than three-quarters of the phyllary length, a subtle but distinctive characteristic of this subspecies.

Habitat: Sandy or clayey soils (sometimes serpentine), grassland, openings in scrub or woodland, disturbed sites

Bloom period: Apr-Nov

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: CCo, w SCoRO, nw edge SCoRI, n SCo, n ChI.

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