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It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitats. [1] [2] [3] Helianthus californicus is an erect perennial herb growing from a network of tough, woody roots with small rhizomes. It is a sprawling, gangly plant, sending a thin stem to heights between one and three meters (3 ...
The foliage grows in dense sprays, dark green to somewhat yellow-green in color. The leaves are scale-like, 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots. The seed cones are globose to oblong, 11–22 mm (0.43–0.87 in) long, with 6 to 10 scales, green at first, maturing brown or gray-brown about 20–24 months ...
L. californica is an annual herb approaching a maximum height near 40 centimetres (16 inches), but generally staying much smaller. The plant is quite variable in appearance across subspecies and climates.
Phacelia campanularia is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names desertbells, [3] desert bluebells, [4] California-bluebell, [5] desert scorpionweed, [6] and desert Canterbury bells. [7]
Encelia californica is a bushy shrub that reaches between 50–150 cm (20-60 inches) in height. It has many thin branches covered in widely spaced green leaves which are a rounded diamond shape.
Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor' — golden flowers with a darker orange outside petals in the spring and summer, and grows to only 1.5 m (5 ft) in height by 2.4–3.0 m (8–10 ft) in width. [ 20 ] Fremontodendron 'Dara's Gold' — golden flowers over a long period from late winter through early summer, grows 0.91 m (3 ft) in height by 1.8–2.4 m ...
Senecio californicus grows to 10–40 centimetres (3.9–15.7 in) tall or sometimes taller, from a taproot. The stems can be solitary or grow in branching clusters. [1] The leaves have linear or lance-shaped blades up to 7 centimeters long. They are sometimes fleshy, especially in plants that occur on the coastline. [1]
Like all the soap plants, Chlorogalum pomeridianum is a perennial that grows from a bulb, which is brown, between 7 and 15 cm in diameter, slightly elongated, and covered in thick, coarse fibers. The leaves grow from the base of the plant, and can be from 20 to 70 cm long and 6 to 25 mm wide. [ 1 ]