Erigeron blochmaniae

Blochman's leafy daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Blochman's leafy daisy is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in southern Central Coast bioregions in sand dunes and hills at elevations below 70 meters. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces white to pink or lavender rays in daisy-like flower heads 9 to 14 millimeters wide, with 45 to 72 delicate ray flowers. Growing 40 to 80 centimeters tall with generally ascending stems that are densely branched and minutely curled-hairy, it develops from a woody caudex. Its cauline leaves are linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1 to 5.5 centimeters long, evenly spaced and densely covered in soft short hairs. The plant's flower heads are distinctive, with strongly graduated phyllaries that are densely covered in short stiff spreading hairs and minute glandular features.

Habitat: Sand dunes and hills

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: < 70 m

Bioregions: s CCo.

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles

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