Scientific Family
Asteraceae
Other common names
trixis
American trixis
California trixis
Plant type
Shrubs
Riparian
No
Plant Description
Origin
Native
A small but profusely branched, sprawling and bushy shrub with numerous narrow leaves and clusters of yellow flower heads.
A profusely branched, bushy shrub, slender, brittle branches, appressed branchlets that are glandular and often densely hairy with brown hairs, leafy up to the flower heads, leaves narrow; flower heads in clusters and both disc and ray flowers are yellow.
Height
3-1/2 feet
Habitat
Habitat description
Rocky slopes and along washes among other shrubs.
Plant Community
Interior Chaparral
Grasslands
Desert Scrub
Low elevation
0
High elevation
5000
Leaves
Leaf color
Dark green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf shape
Narrow
Leaf margin
Smooth
Leaf hairs
None
Spines
No
Leaf Drop
Evergreen
Lance-shaped to 1/2 inch wide and 2 inches long with smooth to fine-toothed edges, sessile and glandular.
Flowers
Flower color
Bright yellow
Flower shape
Daisy or dandelion-like
Tubular
No
First bloom month
February
Last bloom month
June
Flower heads have 9 to 14 disc flowers and are 3/4 inch wide. Flower heads are surrounded by leaf-like bracts in 1 to 2 series, bracts are gland-dotted.
Flower clusters
Rounded
Fruit
Fruit color
Brown
Fruit type
Achene
Achenes 1/2 inch long. Glandular, narrow and beak-like at the summit. Achenes topped with straw colored bristles.