Lagophylla diabolensis

Diablo Range hare-leaf

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Diablo Range hare-leaf is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the southern Coast Ranges in the Diablo Range, inhabiting grassy openings in woodland with vertic clay soils at elevations of 350 to 1,070 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces delicate white to pale yellow flowers in small panicle-like clusters with heads 4 to 9 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 10 to 100 centimeters tall that are distinctively zigzag and sparsely covered with purple and yellow glandular hairs. Its leaves are green, with lower leaves lacking glands and upper leaves featuring stalked glands in shades of purple, yellow, and white. The fruit is dull and longitudinally striated, characteristic of this distinctive annual herb of the Diablo Range.

Habitat: Grassy openings in woodland, vertic clay

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 350-1070 m

Bioregions: SCoRI (Diablo Range).

California counties: Monterey, San Benito, Tulare, Fresno, San Bernardino

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