Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/29/11. © Joan Avise

Big-leaved Crown-beard

Verbesina dissita

Native to Southern California and Baja California. Included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). Listed by the State of California as Threatened and by the U.S. Government as Threatened.

Comparison with Bush sunflower, Encelia californica

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Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/23/10. © Peter J. Bryant.
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/31/11. © Peter J. Bryant.

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/29/11. © Joan Avise
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/23/10. © Joan Avise

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/23/10. © Joan Avise
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/23/10. © Joan Avise

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/23/10. © Joan Avise
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/23/10. © Joan Avise

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange Co., CA. 5/23/10. © Joan Avise
0.5 mi SW Niguel Hill, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 11-20-16. © Ron Vanderhoff.

0.5 mi SW Niguel Hill, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 11-20-16. © Ron Vanderhoff.