Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Pappose Tarweed (Centromadia parryi) is a rare native annual herb that grows in Northern, Southern and Central California, primarily in the North Coast, the North Coast Range and South Coast regions. It tends to grow in seasonally wet grassy places, at elevations from 0-1400 feet.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 ft Tall

Sun

Full Sun

Site type

Seasonally wet (often saline or alkaline) grassy places

Plant communities

Coastal Salt Marsh, Valley Grassland, Wetland-Riparian

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Cyclophora dataria

Spotted Straw Sun Moth

Heliothis phloxiphaga