Lessingia lemmonii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lessingia lemmonii A. Gray

(not an active name)

Lemmon's lessingia

2020 Richard Spjut

Lessingia lemmonii is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


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Genus:	Lessingia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand, Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Southern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


ICPN	Lessingia glandulifera

Information about Lessingia lemmonii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (LELE13) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/24/2024).