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California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia) Native, perennial plant in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family that is highly variable in appearance depending on growing conditions and locations. A.k.a. California Sand Aster, or Beach Aster. It grows 10--100 cm (up to 39 inches) tall in sandy soil in many habitats, including coastal scrub, chaparral, and in grasslands. Stem is decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or distally branched, generally densely white-tomentose, sometimes +- glabrous and/or glandular, especially distally. Leaves are gray, hairy, linear to oblanceolate, spoon-shaped or ovate, entire or toothed, and sometimes with sunken glands. Phyllaries are reflexed in age. Petal color varies from pink, lavender, or white. Ray flowers are 3-4 times as long as they are wide. Peak bloom time: July-September.

Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=2375

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 38.

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, p. 39-40.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, p. 19.

Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/asteraceae-astermisc/

Anza-Borrego Desert Wildflowers https://borregowildflowers.org/?type=search&searchtype=S&family=&name=Corethrogyne%20filaginifolia

Leaf Terminology: Diagrams/Definitions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd ed., by James Harris and M. Harris, 2022

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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)
Asteraceae family "includes over 32,000 currently accepted species, in over 1,900 genera in 13 subfamilies, worldwide. The number of species in the family Asteraceae is rivaled only by Orchids (Orchidaceae): https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47604-Asteraceae

Subfamilies in Asteraceae family (worldwide distribution):
Barnadesioideae: 9 genera, 93 species. South America, mainly the Andes.
Famatinanthoideae: South America, 1 genus, 1 species Famatinanthus decussatus.
Mutisioideae: 58 genera, 750 species. Absent from Europe, mostly in South America.
Stifftioideae: 10 genera. South America.
Wunderlichioideae: 8 genera, 24 species. Mostly in Venezuela and Guyana.
Gochnatioideae: 4 or 5 genera, 90 species. Latin America and southern United States.
Hecastocleidoideae: Only Hecastocleis shockleyi. Southwestern United States.
Carduoideae: 83 genera, 2,500 species. Worldwide.
Pertyoideae: 5 or 6 genera, 70 species. Asia.
Gymnarrhenoideae: Two genera/species, Gymnarrhena micrantha (Northern Africa, Middle East) and Cavea tanguensis (Eastern Himalayas).
Cichorioideae: 224 genera, 3,200 species. Worldwide.
Corymbioideae: Only the genus Corymbium, with 9 species. Cape provinces, South Africa.
Asteroideae: 1,130 genera and 16,200 species. Worldwide." https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47604-Asteraceae

Irene's Asteraceae observations on INaturalist, worldwide: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=47604&user_id=aparrot1&verifiable=any

Irene's (aparrot1) Profile Page on INaturalist listing Nature Resources (includes list of online references with links) for Plants, Birds, Fungi, Lepidoptera, Arachnids, Reptiles, Amphibians, Marine Life, Plant Galls, and more: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3188668

California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia) Native, perennial plant in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family that is highly variable in appearance depending on growing conditions and locations. A.k.a. California Sand Aster, or Beach Aster. It grows 10--100 cm (up to 39 inches) tall in sandy soil in many habitats, including coastal scrub, chaparral, and in grasslands. Stem is decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or distally branched, generally densely white-tomentose, sometimes +- glabrous and/or glandular, especially distally. Leaves are gray, hairy, linear to oblanceolate, spoon-shaped or ovate, entire or toothed, and sometimes with sunken glands. Phyllaries are reflexed in age. Petal color varies from pink, lavender, or white. Ray flowers are 3-4 times as long as they are wide. Peak bloom time: July-September.

Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=2375

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 38.

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, p. 39-40.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, p. 19.

Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/asteraceae-astermisc/

Anza-Borrego Desert Wildflowers https://borregowildflowers.org/?type=search&searchtype=S&family=&name=Corethrogyne%20filaginifolia

Leaf Terminology: Diagrams/Definitions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd ed., by James Harris and M. Harris, 2022

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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)
Asteraceae family "includes over 32,000 currently accepted species, in over 1,900 genera in 13 subfamilies, worldwide. The number of species in the family Asteraceae is rivaled only by Orchids (Orchidaceae): https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47604-Asteraceae

Subfamilies in Asteraceae family (worldwide distribution):
Barnadesioideae: 9 genera, 93 species. South America, mainly the Andes.
Famatinanthoideae: South America, 1 genus, 1 species Famatinanthus decussatus.
Mutisioideae: 58 genera, 750 species. Absent from Europe, mostly in South America.
Stifftioideae: 10 genera. South America.
Wunderlichioideae: 8 genera, 24 species. Mostly in Venezuela and Guyana.
Gochnatioideae: 4 or 5 genera, 90 species. Latin America and southern United States.
Hecastocleidoideae: Only Hecastocleis shockleyi. Southwestern United States.
Carduoideae: 83 genera, 2,500 species. Worldwide.
Pertyoideae: 5 or 6 genera, 70 species. Asia.
Gymnarrhenoideae: Two genera/species, Gymnarrhena micrantha (Northern Africa, Middle East) and Cavea tanguensis (Eastern Himalayas).
Cichorioideae: 224 genera, 3,200 species. Worldwide.
Corymbioideae: Only the genus Corymbium, with 9 species. Cape provinces, South Africa.
Asteroideae: 1,130 genera and 16,200 species. Worldwide." https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47604-Asteraceae

Irene's Asteraceae observations on INaturalist, worldwide: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=47604&user_id=aparrot1&verifiable=any

Irene's (aparrot1) Profile Page on INaturalist listing Nature Resources (includes list of online references with links) for Plants, Birds, Fungi, Lepidoptera, Arachnids, Reptiles, Amphibians, Marine Life, Plant Galls, and more: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3188668