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Hazardia orcuttii is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Orcutt's bristleweed and Orcutt's goldenbush. It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. It can be found in one location in California, in the city of Encinitas. There, it is located in and near a protected zone known as the Manchester Conservation Area. In Baja California it can be found at 11 to 17 locations. Hazardia orcuttii is a resinous shrub growing up to 100 centimetres (39 in) tall. The leathery, pointed leaves are up to 5 by 1. 5 centimetres (0. 59 in) in size. The flower head is turbin-shaped and has several ray florets and disc florets surrounded by 40 to 60 resinous phyllaries. The fruit is a few millimeters long and is tipped with a brown pappus about half a centimeter long.
Shrub
3 ft Tall
Yellow
Full Sun
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 1 likely
Gabb's Checkerspot
Chlosyne gabbii