Hulsea vestita subsp. parryi

Parry's sunflower, Parry's Sunflower

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Parry's sunflower is a native perennial found in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, and southwestern desert mountains of the Little San Bernardino Mountains in open gravel and talus slopes ranging from sagebrush to fir forest at elevations of 2,000 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces striking orange to reddish ray flowers 5 to 7 millimeters long with distinctive red-tinged green bracts. Growing 20 to 60 centimeters tall with an upright habit, it develops a robust and somewhat woolly stem structure. Its basal leaves are deeply lobed, with petioles typically longer than the leaf blade, appearing green and becoming woolly and glandular on the undersurface. The plant's intricate inflorescence features ray flowers arranged in compact heads, creating a vibrant display against its rocky mountain habitats.

Habitat: Open gravel, talus slopes, sagebrush to fir forest

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 2000-2500 m

Bioregions: e SnGb, SnBr, sw DMtns (Little San Bernardino Mtns).

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