Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Southern Spikeweed, Southern Tarplant
(Hemizonia parryi ssp australis)
Plant: Annual, densely glandular (oil glands) and long hairy plan
t.
Listed as rare but abundant at Upper Newport Bay.
Flowers: Ray flowers yellow often aging yellow-orange. Disk flowers with brown or black anthers.
Leaf: Tips have spines.
Flowering period:
June to November
Can be found here:
Big Canyon, near Interpretive Center bicycle bridge.
Native Plant: Yes
Halophyte: No
Family Name: Sunflower
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Date: 11/4/2003