bristly oxtongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Member of yellow dandelion-like flowers
lettuce, chicory, dandelion, and salsify tribe (tribe Cichorieae)
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

There are no other wild species of this genus in California.

coarse, stout, branched stem
basal and cauline leaves warty; proximal tapered to winged petioles; distal sessile, sometimes clasping
phyllaries in 2–3 overlapping series; outer phyllaries spreading to ascending
corolla yellow, may be ± red abaxially

Chris’s observations: 27 (21 are research grade)

Locations:

Coyote Hills RP: 5
Butano SP: 2
Murray Ranch SP: 2
Skyline Ridge OSP: 2
Wilder Ranch SP: 2
Calero CP
Coal Creek OSP
Guadalupe River Trail
La Honda Creek OSP
Mission Peak RP
Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP
Pescadero Creek CP
Point Lobos SP
Russian Ridge OSP
San Pedro Valley CP
Santa Teresa CP
Waterdog Lake & Open Space
Windy Hill OSP
Wunderlich CP

Months:

Apr.: 1
May: 1
Jun.: 3
Jul.: 7
Aug.: 5
Sep.: 2
Oct.: 4
Nov.: 0
Dec.: 1
Jan.: 1
Feb.: 2

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora