Euchiton involucratus

Star cottonleaf, Star Cottonleaf

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Star cottonleaf is a naturalized perennial herb found in northern coastal California (NCoRO) in grassy open places, often moist or wet, at elevations of 50 to 700 meters. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces white or tawny flower heads in clusters 10 to 15 millimeters wide, with distinctive bracts extending beyond the flower clusters. Growing 30 to 40 centimeters tall with erect, simple stems, it develops linear to linear-oblanceolate leaves largest at mid-stem, with blades 3 to 8 centimeters long and 2 to 3 millimeters wide. Its cauline leaves have slightly expanded bases, with 6 to 10 leaves distributed along the stem. The flower heads feature tawny or rosy-tinged phyllaries with rounded to obtuse tips, containing 80 to 150 pistillate flowers and 3 to 5 disk flowers.

Habitat: Grassy open places, often moist or wet

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: 50-700 m

Bioregions: NCoRO

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