Hesperevax sparsiflora

Erect evax

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Erect evax is a California native annual found in coastal and interior regions in open grasslands and dry meadows. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces small white to cream-colored flower heads less than 5 millimeters wide, clustered in loose groups. Growing with ascending to erect stems up to 17 centimeters tall, it develops slender branching stems that spread in delicate patterns. Its leaves are roughly equal in length, ranging from 6 to 32 millimeters long with bases that become slightly thickened, creating a subtle structural complexity. The tiny flower heads are arranged in compact cylindrical clusters, with each head containing multiple disk flowers barely reaching 1 millimeter in length.

California counties: Contra Costa, Sonoma, Marin, Solano, Colusa, San Benito, Mendocino, San Luis Obispo, Shasta, Humboldt, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo

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