| Deinandra mohavensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Deinandra |
| Species: | D. mohavensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Deinandra mohavensis (D.D.Keck) B.G.Baldwin | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemizonia mohavensis D.D.Keck | |
Deinandra mohavensis, commonly known as Mojave tarplant or Mojave tarweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Description
Deinandra mohavensis is an annual herb growing 10-100 centimeters (4-40 inches) tall. The stems are hairy and glandular. The leaves are bristly and glandular and smooth-edged or serrated on the edges.
The flower heads are borne in clusters or somewhat open arrangements. The heads are lined with very glandular phyllaries. Each contains five yellow ray florets, each about half a centimeter long, and six yellow disc florets.
Distribution and habitat
The plant is endemic to California. It has a disjunct distribution, occurring in the southernmost Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Peninsular Ranges, and possibly the San Bernardino Mountains. It grows in moist areas in chaparral and riparian zone habitat.
Conservation
This plant was considered extinct for over 50 years because its historical populations had disappeared. It was rediscovered in 1994 in the San Jacinto Mountains.
References
- "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer Deinandra mohavensis. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Deinandra mohavensis. Flora of North America.
- ^ Jepson eFlora: Deinandra mohavensis . accessed 4.15.2015
- Calflora taxon report, University of California, Deinandra mohavensis (Keck) B.G. Baldwin, Mojave tarplant
- Hemizonia mohavensis The Nature Conservancy.
- Hemizonia mohavensis. Center for Plant Conservation.
External links
- Calflora Database: Deinandra mohavensis (Mojave tarplant)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) Treatment of Deinandra mohavensis
- Archived: Jepson Manual (TJM93): Hemizonia mohavensis
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for Deinandra mohavensis (Mojave tarweed)
- Deinandra mohavensis — Calphotos Photo Gallery, University of California
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Deinandra mohavensis |
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| Hemizonia mohavensis | |
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Deinandra
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Flora and fauna of the San Jacinto Mountains
- Plants described in 1935