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Hazardia squarrosa

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Genus
  
Hazardia

Higher classification
  
Hazardia

Order
  
Asterales

Tribe
  
Astereae

Scientific name
  
Hazardia squarrosa

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Species

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Hazardia, Daisy family, Isocoma menziesii, Lonicera subspicata, Pseudognaphalium californicum

Hazardia squarrosa is a North American species of shrub in the daisy family known by the common name sawtooth goldenbush. It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico.

Hazardia squarrosa Sawtooth Goldenbush Hazardia squarrosa

Hazardia squarrosa grows in coastal and inland scrub and chaparral habitats. It a shrub of variable size, from low and clumpy to sprawling over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. It is covered in thick, sharply toothed leaves a few centimeters long and is generally not very hairy or woolly. It bears numerous flower heads covered in greenish, pointed phyllaries and opening into an array of long yellow to slightly reddish disc florets but no ray florets.

Hazardia squarrosa Sawtooth Goldenbush Hazardia squarrosa
Varieties
  • Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides (DC.) W.D.Clark - from Monterey County to Baja California
  • Hazardia squarrosa var. obtusa (Greene) Jeps. - Counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern
  • Hazardia squarrosa var. squarrosa - from San Benito County to San Diego County

  • Hazardia squarrosa Wildflowers NPS SAMO NRA Hazardia squarrosa var grindelioides
    Hazardia squarrosa CalPhotos Hazardia squarrosa var grindelioides Sawtooth Goldenbush

    Hazardia squarrosa Sawtoothed Goldenbush Hazardia squarrosa var grindelioides

    References

    Hazardia squarrosa Wikipedia