Arida carnosa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Arida carnosa (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartm.

(not an active name)

Shrubby alkali aster

2014 John Doyen

Arida carnosa is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Leucosyris carnosa


	Plant Range Observation Search ~192 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Alkali Sink, wetland-riparian

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Calflora	Aster intricatus
JEF	Leucosyris carnosa
PLANTS	Machaeranthera carnosa

Information about Arida carnosa from other sources


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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: 11/21/2024).