Deinandra conjugens (syn. Hemizonia conjugens) is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Otay tarplant and Otay tarweed. It is native to a small section of far northern Baja California in Mexico, its range extending north into San Diego County, California, in the United States. One isolated population has been reported from the hills east of Cayucos in San Luis Obispo County.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Otay tarplant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Deinandra paniculata
- Deinandra pentactis
- Deinandra corymbosa
- Deinandra increscens
- Deinandra kelloggii
- Deinandra bacigalupii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Deinandra
- Species
- Deinandra conjugens
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