Hazardia detonsa

Island hazardia

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Island hazardia is a rare (CNPS 4.3) California native shrub found in northern Channel Islands in open rocky slopes, sea cliffs, coastal scrub, chaparral, and pine woodland at elevations below 450 meters. Flowering from April to November, this plant produces yellow flower heads with ray flowers that can become red-purple, arranged in dense clusters 10 to 13 millimeters wide. Growing 60 to 250 centimeters tall with densely woolly-tomentose stems, it forms a compact shrubby structure. Its thick leaves are 4 to 14 centimeters long, obovate in shape with obtuse tips and slightly serrate edges. The fruit is small, 3 to 4 millimeters long with 4 ribs and hairy surfaces, accompanied by a 6 to 9 millimeter brownish-red pappus.

Habitat: Open rocky slopes, sea cliffs, coastal scrub, chaparral, pine woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Nov

Elevation: < 450 m

Bioregions: n ChI.

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