Lastarriaea coriacea Calflora

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Lastarriaea coriacea (Goodman) Hoover

Leather spineflower

Lastarriaea coriacea is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


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Genus:	Lastarriaea
Family:	Polygonaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Chorizanthe coriacea
JEF	Chorizanthe lastarriaea var. californica
PLANTS	Chorizanthe lastarriaea
JEF	Lastarriaea chilensis ssp. californica
PLANTS	Lastarriaea chilensis

Information about Lastarriaea coriacea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LACO4) 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 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: 03/28/2025).