Erigeron glaucus

Seaside daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Seaside daisy is a California native perennial found in coastal bioregions including northern California Coast, Central California Coast, southern coastal California, and northern Channel Islands in coastal bluffs, dunes, and beaches at elevations below 20 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to pink or purple daisy-like flowers 15 to 35 millimeters in diameter with up to 300 delicate ray petals. Growing with decumbent stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall, it spreads from thick rhizomes and forms dense clusters with branches near the mid-stem. Its thick, fleshy leaves range from 2 to 13 centimeters long, appearing spoon-shaped to widely obovate, with proximal leaves having wing-like petioles and sometimes sporting soft spreading hairs. The fruit develops with 2 to 6 ribs, supported by 20 to 30 fine pappus bristles.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs, dunes, beaches

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 20 m

Bioregions: NCo, CCo, SCoRO, 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.