Erigeron parishii

Parish's daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Threatened

Parish's daisy is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in northern San Bernardino Mountains, specifically Cushenbury Canyon, in rocky blackbush or creosote-bush scrub and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations of 800 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces delicate pink or white ray flowers 6 to 13 millimeters long that curl attractively when dry, arranged in heads 10 to 15 millimeters wide. Growing 10 to 35 centimeters tall with a thick taproot and branched caudex, it develops silvery-hairy stems that are sparsely branched near the middle. Its basal leaves are linear and often absent by flowering time, while cauline leaves are reduced and covered in silvery strigose hairs. The fruit is four-ribbed with a distinctive pappus of 18 to 26 bristles, creating an intricate seed structure.

Habitat: Rocky blackbush or creosote-bush scrub to pinyon/juniper woodland, often on limestone

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 800-2000 m

Bioregions: n SnBr (Cushenbury Canyon).

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