USA, California, Marin, Locally common, in several patches, in depres* sion on stable dunes, Point Reyes Beach North, Marin Co., Calif. Ca. 130 ft. above the surf.
40 meters
130 ft
on stable dunes,
Chorizanthe cusgidata var. villosa, Navarretia sguarrosa, Juncus Ehaeocephalus (depauperate), Egg unilateralis (mostly withered), Sgergularia rubra, and CryQtan-Egg leiocarpao Nearby was an extensive bed of Cargobrotus edulis.
Slightly aromatic. Corollas yellow. Pappus white. Achenes light brown. Scarious parts of involucral bracts white to straw color. Herbage mainly a pale, dull blue-green (some plants with but little of the bluish cast). Basal lvs. withered in some individuals. Stems frequently whitish just below fl. clusters.