Filago pyramidata var. pyramidata
Broadleaf cottonrose, Broadleaf Cottonrose
Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Not Native
Broadleaf cottonrose is a naturalized annual found in northern Coastal Range Interior, northern Central Coast, and northern and central San Francisco Bay bioregions in disturbed, often rocky places at elevations of 10 to 800 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces yellow flowers in dense, spherical clusters up to 15 millimeters in diameter. Growing with slender stems that branch at forks and tips, it forms compact, angular ellipsoid flower heads 5 to 7 millimeters long. Its leaves are elongated, with the longest leaves 15 to 20 millimeters in length and 3 to 5 millimeters wide, becoming smaller and more obtuse toward the stem tips. The plant's disk flowers range from 5 to 9, with corollas 2 to 3 millimeters long and lobes typically brown to yellow.
Habitat: Uncommon. Disturbed, often rocky places
Bloom period: Apr-Aug
Elevation: 10-800 m
Bioregions: NCoRI, n CCo, n&c SnFrB
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