Calycoseris parryi, the yellow tackstem, is a spring wildflower found in the Mojave Desert, the Sonoran Desert, and surrounding regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is found in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Baja California.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Yellow tack-stem 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
- Malacothrix glabrata
- Anisocoma acaulis
- Malacothrix sonchoides
- Malacothrix californica
- Malacothrix torreyi
- Malacothrix fendleri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Calycoseris
- Species
- Calycoseris parryi
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