Picradeniopsis multiflora

many-flowered bahia

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Many-flowered bahia is a rare (CNPS 2B.3) California native perennial found in the southeastern Desert Mountains including Clark and New York Mountains in desert scrub and woodland at elevations of 1,500 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from August to October, this plant produces yellow flowers in discoid heads with green centers and often red or yellow margins. Growing with decumbent or erect stems 3 to 25 centimeters tall that are initially glandular and strigose, it develops a distinctive growth pattern. Its leaves are intricately dissected with thread-like lobes less than one millimeter wide, spreading 2 to 4 centimeters across. The fruit is small, 3 to 4 millimeters long, typically black or brown with short pappus scales.

Habitat: Dry, sandy soils, desert scrub and woodland

Bloom period: Aug-Oct

Elevation: 1500-2300 m

Bioregions: se DMtns (Clark, New York mtns)

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