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Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Small, sparse plant with small, narrow and lanceolate leaves. The flowers have double petals and are ribbed. "This is a robust perennial herb or subshrub producing a simple to multibranched stem approaching a meter in maximum length or height. The densely woolly leaves are several centimeters long and toothed or lobed low on the stem and smaller farther up the stem. The inflorescence is a single flower head or array of several heads at the tips of stem branches. The head is lined with narrow, pointed, purple-tipped phyllaries which curl back as the head matures. Inside are many purple, lavender, pink, or white ray florets and a center packed with up to 120 tubular yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene with a pappus of reddish bristles on top." - Wikipedia
Grassy area in Oak forest at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve. This plant is native to California and Baja.
Aka California Aster
Spotted on Mar 21, 2012
Submitted on Mar 23, 2012
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