Erigeron karvinskianus

Santa barbara daisy, Santa Barbara Daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Santa barbara daisy is a naturalized perennial herb found in central Sierra Nevada Foothills, Central Coast, and San Francisco Bay Area in shaded rock walls and moist disturbed habitats at elevations below 1,100 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces white to rose-pink ray flowers that dry to soft pink, with flower heads 7 to 10 millimeters in diameter. Growing with sprawling to erect stems 50 to 100 centimeters tall, it develops from woody roots and features spreading or sparse hairy stems. Its cauline leaves are elliptic to obovate, 1 to 5 centimeters long, with occasional shallow teeth or lobes near the leaf tips, and often displaying leaf tufts in stem axils. The plant produces up to five long-peduncled flower heads with ray flowers ranging from 45 to 80 per head.

Habitat: Shaded rock walls, moist disturbed habitats

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 1100 m

Bioregions: c SNF, CCo, SnFrB

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