Layia munzii

Munz's tidy-tips

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Munz's tidy-tips is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the southern San Joaquin Valley in alkaline clay soils at elevations of 50 to 800 meters. Flowering from March to April, this plant produces yellow and white ray flowers 3 to 14 millimeters long with white tips and ray heads 5 to 10 millimeters in diameter. Growing 6 to 50 centimeters tall with decumbent to erect stems that are glandular, the plant has a delicate branching structure. Its leaves are linear to oblanceolate, with proximal leaves deeply lobed more than halfway to the midvein, creating a distinctive feathery appearance. The disk flowers feature dark purple anthers, adding visual contrast to the pale yellow and white ray petals.

Habitat: Alkaline clay soils

Bloom period: Mar-Apr

Elevation: 50-800 m

Bioregions: s SnJV.

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