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§1 Plant
Rafinesquia californica Nutt.
vernacular California plumeseed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Rafinesquia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 47 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 47 counties across 5 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
California view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Orange 06059
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Nevada view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RACA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5385941 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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