Hemizonia congesta subsp. tracyi

Tracy's tarplant, Tracy's Tarplant

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Tracy's tarplant is a native annual herb found in northern coastal California, including Cape Mendocino and Humboldt County, in grassy sites, riverbanks, and openings in scrub and woodland habitats at elevations below 1,200 meters. Flowering from May to November, this plant produces white ray flowers with delicate clusters arranged in panicle-like formations. Growing with slender stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall, it has leaves that are generally puberulent or minutely bristly, with soft hairy and glandular upper leaves. Its leaves are distinctively textured, being minutely bristly or strigose throughout, with distal leaves becoming long-soft-hairy and glandular. The fruit is small, with a width about half its length, developing after its white flowers bloom in open, sunny habitats.

Habitat: Grassy sites, riverbanks, openings in scrub, woodland, forest

Bloom period: May-Nov

Elevation: < 1200 m

Bioregions: NCo (Cape Mendocino, Humboldt Co.), n&ampc NCoRO.

California counties: Humboldt, Colusa, Mendocino, Trinity, Alameda

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