Geraea viscida

Sticky geraea, Sticky Geraea

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.2

Sticky geraea is a rare California native perennial ranked 2B.2 by CNPS, found in southern San Diego County's coastal regions in chaparral openings at elevations of 450 to 1,700 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces yellow disk flowers in compact clusters with heads 10 to 15 millimeters wide. Growing with several stems 30 to 100 centimeters tall that are densely glandular and somewhat bristly, emerging from a woody caudex. Its leaves are ovate to oblong, 3 to 9 centimeters long, with a blunt or rounded tip and a distinctively sticky, glandular surface. The fruit develops 7 to 10 millimeters long with pappus awns 3 to 5 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Openings in chaparral

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 450-1700 m

Bioregions: s PR (s San Diego Co.)

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