Deinandra arida Calflora

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Taxon Report

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

Red rock tarplant

Deinandra arida is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Hemizonia arida

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

State of California status: Rare.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~56 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

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

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub

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

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS + PLANTS	Hemizonia arida

Information about Deinandra arida from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (DEAR8) 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.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Limited Range: It is known from only 10 sites in the Red Rock Canyon State Park area of the Mojave Desert in Kern County, California. (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: 03/29/2025).