Stephanomeria cichoriacea
Tall sparse plant with pink/purple flowers on dead-looking stalks. White flower heads arrive when the flower is spent. This is native and endemic to California.
Dry grassy area near lake along trail
Spiders were all over this plant!
Lat: 33.06, Long: -117.07
Spotted on Aug 24, 2011
Submitted on Aug 24, 2011
2 Comments
Hi AmberLundeen, thank you for the suggestions! I'll start looking into it :)
This might be some kind of Chicory or Stephanomeria