Deinandra mohavensis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Deinandra mohavensis (D. D. Keck) B. G. Baldwin

Mojave tarplant

Deinandra mohavensis is an annual herb that is native to California.

also called Hemizonia mohavensis

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

State of California status: Endangered.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~239 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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

Habitat: riparian

Communities: Chaparral, Joshua Tree Woodland

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

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS + PLANTS	Hemizonia mohavensis

Information about Deinandra mohavensis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (DEMO5) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 1B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] 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. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

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: 03/30/2025).