Euphrosyne nevadensis

Nevada wormwood

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Nevada wormwood is a California native annual found in the southeastern desert regions in alkaline sandy plains, washes, desert scrub, and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations of 1,200 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from May to October, this ill-scented plant produces yellow flowers in scattered heads with involucres 2 to 3 millimeters in diameter. Growing with yellow stems from a stout taproot, it reaches moderate heights with distinctive foliage. Its leaves are typically 1 to 2 pinnately lobed, with narrow ovate to linear lobes 1 to 1.5 millimeters wide, covered in strigose hairs and dotted with glands. The fruit is smooth or slightly warty, measuring 1.5 to 2 millimeters long.

Habitat: Alkaline, sandy plains, washes, desert scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: 1200-2100 m

Bioregions: SNE

California counties: Inyo, Mono

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