California plumeseed

Rafinesquia californica is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, known for its daisy-like appearance with white-petaled flowers. The ligules of the flowers are often striped with lavender or pink on the undersides, a feature most visible when the flower heads are closed. The plant grows between 20 and 150 cm tall, with involucres measuring 12–20 mm. The cypselae are light tan or sordid, 9–14 mm long, including a slender beak of 5–7 mm, and are accompanied by a pappus of 6–15 plumose bristles with straight, separate barbs. It is native to Baja California, Utah, California, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Nevada, and Mexico Northwest. The species was first described in 1841.