Enceliopsis covillei

Panamint daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Panamint daisy is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in northern Death Mountains on the western side of the Panamint Range and adjacent Mojave Desert in stony hillsides and canyons at elevations of 400 to 1,250 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces large white ray flowers in daisy-like heads up to 13 centimeters in diameter with silvery-white petals 3 to 5 centimeters long. Growing 1.5 to 10 decimeters tall with gray-puberulent stems, it has a distinctive appearance with silvery-canescent herbage and fine, appressed hairs. Its leaves are diamond-shaped or widely elliptic, 4 to 10 centimeters long and 2 to 8 centimeters wide, with winged petioles that merge seamlessly with the leaf blades. The fruit is approximately 10 millimeters long with smooth pappus awns about 1 millimeter in length.

Habitat: Stony hillsides, canyons

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: 400-1250 m

Bioregions: n DMtns (w side Panamint Range), adjacent DMoj.

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