Tetradymia argyraea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Tetradymia argyraea Munz & Roos

Striped cottonthorn, Striped horsebrush

2024 Chloe and Trevor Van Loon

2011 Duncan S. Bell

2012 Duncan S. Bell

2003 Yulan Tong

Tetradymia argyraea is a shrub that is native to California, and also found in Arizona.

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.3 (limited distribution).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~116 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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

Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Tetradymia argyraea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (TEAR) 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 CNPS Inventory: 4.3 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]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/19/2025).