Hesperevax acaulis

Dwarf evax

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Dwarf evax is a California native annual found in low-elevation coastal and inland areas with sparse, open habitats. Flowering from March to May, this tiny plant produces small white to cream-colored flowers in compact heads approximately 2 to 4 millimeters wide. Growing with extremely short stems, typically prostrate or slightly erect and reaching only 7 centimeters tall, it forms delicate low-growing clusters. Its leaves are small and narrow, with distal leaves longer than proximal leaves and measuring 4 to 22 millimeters in length, generally less than 5 millimeters wide. Each plant produces 1 to 10 stems with distinctive bell-shaped flower clusters subtended by 6 to 12 small leaves.

California counties: El Dorado, Los Angeles, Madera, Riverside, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare, Merced, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Kern, Mariposa, Mendocino, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Fresno

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