Leucosyris arida

Silver lake daisy, Silver Lake Daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Silver lake daisy is a California native annual herb found in the Mojave Desert on riverbanks and sandy alkaline flats at elevations of 30 to 1,100 meters. Flowering from March to August, this plant produces white to lavender ray flowers in daisy-like heads 5 to 10 millimeters wide. Growing with multiple branched stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall that are glandular-puberulent and hairy, it has a delicate, spreading form. Its lower leaves are oblong with toothed or pinnately lobed edges, each lobe and tooth tipped with a small bristle, while upper leaves become progressively smaller and more appressed. The fruit is 1.4 to 1.9 millimeters long with a minimal or obscure pappus.

Habitat: Uncommon. Riverbanks, sandy alkaline flats, roadsides

Bloom period: Mar-Aug

Elevation: 30-1100 m

Bioregions: DMoj

California counties: 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.