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Malacothrix incana
Malacothrix incana is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name dunedelion. This species is a mounding shrub with wooly leaves. It is endemic to California, where it grows only in sand dunes on the beaches of the Channel Islands and isolated spots along the mainland coastline in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Malacothrix incana was first collected in San Diego, far south of its present range, but the plant is now extirpated from there.
This species is a coastal dune endemic, and is only found in the U.S. state of California. Some of the dune habitats it grows in have been damaged. It is found on the mainland in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, and also on the Channel Islands of San Miguel, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa. Where dunes transition into areas of normal soil, hybrids with other Malacothrix species may be found. It was formerly known from the Silver Strand beach in San Diego, much to the south of its current range, but it is now locally extinct there due to the loss of its habitat.
California desertdandelion · Cleveland's desertdandelion · Snake's head · Woolly desertdandelion · Smooth desertdandelion · Santa Cruz Island desertdandelion · Junak's desertdandelion · Cliff desertdandelion · Sowthistle desertdandelion · Santa Cruz desertdandelion · Stebbins' desertdandelion · Desertdandelion
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malacothrix incana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
