Clustered_tarweed
Deinandra fasciculata
Species of flowering plant
Deinandra fasciculata (syn: Hemizonia fasciculata), known by the common names clustered tarweed[1] and fascicled spikeweed,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to western North America.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Deinandra |
| Species: | D. fasciculata |
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Deinandra fasciculata is native to Baja California and California (primarily from San Diego County to Monterey County, including several of the Channel Islands; Calflora reports a few collections from the San Francisco Bay area, but these are from urban areas and probably represent cultivated specimens).[4] It is a common member of coastal grassland habitats in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion and other habitats.[3]
Deinandra fasciculata is a thin-stemmed branched annual herb growing erect up to 100 cm (40 inches) in height. The upper leaves are narrow, about 1 centimeter long nested against the stem (more like short needles than leaves). The lower leaves are much bigger, up to 15 centimeters (6 inches) long.[5]
Each flower head has a center of six yellowish disc florets with black stamens surrounded by five yellow ray florets. The ray florets generally have three teeth, the central tooth being the smallest.[3] Plants flower in May through October.[4]
In this genus the disk flowers are actually big enough to be seen as tiny flowers to the naked eye.
The plant has a tar-like smell.[6]
Deinandra fasciculata is pollinated by bees, and the seeds are primarily gravity-dispersed (they fall from the seed heads when mature). Seeds may also be dispersed by the many bird and small mammal species which eat them.[6][7]
This species may hybridize with other members of its genus, as well as with Hemizonia and Centromadia species.[6]
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hemizonia fasciculata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- Jepson eFlora: Hemizonia fasciculata . accessed 4.16.2015
- Montalvo, A. M.; L. H. Goode & J. L. Beyers (2010). "Plant Profile for Deinandra fasciculata" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Plants Profile for Hemizonia fasciculata (clustered tarweed)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
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