Pleurocoronis pluriseta

Arrow leaf

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Arrow leaf is a California native shrub found in desert bioregions in rocky canyons and creosote-bush scrub at elevations below 1,700 meters. Flowering from October to June, this plant produces delicate white flowers in compact heads 6 to 11 millimeters long with distinctive glandular phyllaries. Growing as a slender subshrub up to 60 centimeters tall with much-branched stems that become glandular toward the tips, it has an open, airy structure. Its thin leaves are thread-like, with narrow lanceolate blades 3 to 10 millimeters long, often with a few teeth and a gossamer-like appearance. The fruit features 10 to 16 slender pappus bristles, giving the plant a soft, feathery texture when seeds mature.

Habitat: Common. Rocky canyons, wash banks, creosote-bush scrub

Bloom period: Oct-Jun

Elevation: < 1700 m

Bioregions: D

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