Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay

California Aster  (Lessingia filaginifolia)
Plant: Small perennial shrub, 1 to 2 feet tall, erect, widely branching. Plant is white woolly when flowering.
Flowers: Many yellow tubular disk flowers with numerous lavender pink or white ray flowers at the ends of stems.  Seeds are in small hard fruit.
Leaf: Alternate on stems, lance shaped, sometimes toothed, 3/4 to 2-1/2 inches long, reduced above.
Flowering period:   August to November
Use by Indians:  
Can be found here: West Bluffs
Native Plant: Yes Halophyte:  No
Family Name:  Sunflower
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Date: 8/29/2005