Carried by 1 nurseries
View Availability at NurseryData provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria
View additional distribution information on the Jepson eflora
Malacothrix saxatilis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name cliff desertdandelion. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the central and southern coastal hills and mountain ranges. It is a perennial herb growing 30 to 60 centimeters tall from a rhizome and caudex unit. The leaves are variable in size and shape and may be lobed or not. The flower cluster is an array of flower heads lined with lance-shaped phyllaries. The ray florets are 1 or 2 centimeters long and white in color. There are five varieties which intergrade, some of which are very limited in distribution.
Perennial herb
1 - 2 ft Tall
White
Winter, Summer, Fall
Full Sun
Extremely Low, Very Low
Fast
For propagating by seed: No treatment. gives slow and sporadic germination.
Sand dunes and open places
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Coastal Strand, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica