Erigeron utahensis

Utah daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Utah daisy is a rare (CNPS 2B.3) California native perennial found in the eastern desert mountains including Providence Mountains on limestone slopes at elevations around 1,500 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to pink or lavender flowers in daisy-like heads with rays 12 to 15 millimeters long that curl when dry. Growing 10 to 50 centimeters tall with densely gray-green stems that are stiffly hairy, it emerges from a thick, peeling taproot with a branched woody base. Its basal leaves are narrowly oblanceolate and typically absent by flowering time, while stem leaves become progressively smaller and densely covered in stiff hairs. The plant develops 1 to 4 flower heads with involucres 5 to 7 millimeters tall and approximately 15 millimeters wide.

Habitat: Limestone slopes

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: +- 1500 m.

Bioregions: e DMtns (Providence Mtns)

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