Lagophylla glandulosa

Glandular hareleaf

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Glandular hareleaf is a California native annual found in central North Coast Ranges, central North Coast Ridges, California Reserve Frontier, and southern Sierra Nevada Foothills in grassland, chaparral openings, and woodland at elevations of 10 to 900 meters. Flowering from May to November, this plant produces yellow or golden flowers in panicle-like clusters with ray flowers 7 to 13 millimeters long. Growing 10 to 150 centimeters tall with an obvious main axis and stems that are distally sparsely to densely covered in stalked yellow glands. Its green or gray-green leaves are distinctively glandular, with yellow or golden glands covering the surface, particularly on distal leaves. The fruit is notably glossy and lacks striations.

Habitat: Grassland, openings in chaparral, woodland

Bloom period: May-Nov

Elevation: 10-900 m

Bioregions: c NCoRO (e edge), c NCoRI, CaRF, SNF (rare s), n GV.

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