Loeflingia squarrosa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Loeflingia squarrosa Nutt.

Spreading loeflingia, Spreading pygmyleaf

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2010 Steve Matson

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2023 Steve Matson

2009 Stanley Spencer

Loeflingia squarrosa is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search (378 records) Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. artemisiarum
Genus:	Loeflingia
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, Valley Grassland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Loeflingia pusilla
JEF	Loeflingia squarrosa ssp. artemisiarum
JEF	Loeflingia squarrosa ssp. squarosa
JEF	Loeflingia squarrosa var. squarrosa

Information about Loeflingia squarrosa from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LOSQ) 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	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]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/29/2023).