Laphamia villosa
Hanaupah rock daisy
Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native
Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3
Hanaupah rock daisy is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native shrub found in the western Inyo Mountains and northern Death Valley Mountains, specifically in the Panamint and Grapevine Mountain ranges, growing on bare rocky outcrops and cliffs in pinyon and juniper woodland at elevations of 1,500 to 2,750 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces yellow disk flowers in small heads 5 to 7 millimeters in diameter. Growing as a compact subshrub 6 to 20 centimeters tall with a woody base, it has soft-hairy stems that form a dense, low-growing clump. Its alternate leaves are 12 to 22 millimeters long, ovate to wedge-shaped with acute tips, sometimes featuring 1 to 3 short pointed lobes, and covered in soft hairs. The plant produces small fruits 3 to 3.5 millimeters long, occasionally with a thin crown of scales or a few short bristles.
Habitat: Bare, rocky outcrops and cliffs in pinyon/juniper woodland
Bloom period: Jul-Sep
Elevation: 1500-2750 m
Bioregions: W&I (Inyo Mtns), n DMtns (Panamint Range, Grapevine Mtns).
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