Pluchea sericea (Arrowweed)

 4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

  4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield

  4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield

  4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield

  4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield

 4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Arrowweed

SPECIES: Pluchea sericea

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2017

LOCATION: Devil's Cornfield, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant 1--5 m, not scented. 

Leaf: sessile or subsessile. 

Inflorescence: involucre 3.5--6 mm; phyllaries brown-purple. 

Pistillate Flower: corolla 5--6.5 mm, pink to deep rose. 

Disk Flower: corolla 5--6 mm, pink to deep rose. 

Fruit: 0.5--1 mm, smooth. 

Ecology: Forming thickets in stream bottoms, washes, canyons, around springs, sometimes in saline areas; 

Elevation: < 950 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: SnJV, s CCo, SCoR, SW (exc n ChI), D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Utah, Texas, northwestern Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Mar--Jul 

eFlora Treatment Author: David J. Keil & G. Ledyard Stebbins