Identificaciones de lowclouds

California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia) Native, perennial plant in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family that is highly variable in appearance depending on growing conditions and locations. A.k.a. California Sand Aster, or Beach Aster. It grows 10--100 cm (up to 39 inches) tall in sandy soil in many habitats, including coastal scrub, chaparral, and in grasslands. Stem is decumbent to ascending or erect, simple or distally branched, generally densely white-tomentose, sometimes +- glabrous and/or glandular, especially distally. Leaves are gray, hairy, linear to oblanceolate, spoon-shaped or ovate, entire or toothed, and sometimes with sunken glands. Phyllaries are reflexed in age. Petal color varies from pink, lavender, or white. Ray flowers are 3-4 times as long as they are wide. Peak bloom time: July-September.

Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=2375

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 38.

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, p. 39-40.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, p. 19.

Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/asteraceae-astermisc/

Anza-Borrego Desert Wildflowers https://borregowildflowers.org/?type=search&searchtype=S&family=&name=Corethrogyne%20filaginifolia

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(We received permission to be there for a plant survey)

Fort Ord Natural Reserve is "located on part of the former Fort Ord Army Base, Fort Ord Natural Reserve supports excellent examples of maritime chaparral endemic to the Monterey Bay region. This rare habitat and several associated plant and wildlife species depend largely on Fort Ord land for their survival. Eleven listed plant species reside there (including the federally endangered, state-threatened sand gilia and the federally threatened Monterey spineflower), along with six listed animal species (including the federally endangered Smith's blue butterfly). The site also supports a mixture of other habitats: coast live oak, coastal scrub, mixed annual grassland, and native perennial grassland."

INaturalist Project: Fort Ord Natural Reserve

The sign at the locked access gate reads:
"University of California (Santa Cruz) Fort Ord Natural Reserve. The 600 acre Fort Ord Natural Reserve is part of a network of protected ecological preserves set aside to support research and teaching. This site protects large stands of maritime chaparral, coast live oak woodlands, coastal scrub, mixed annual grassland, and small pockets of native perennial grasslands. The Ft. Ord Natural Reserve contains unique and sensitive plant communities with relatively high concentrations of threatened and endangered species.
"The mission of the Natural Reserve System is to contribute to the understanding and wise management of the Earth and its natural systems by supporting university-level teaching, research, and public service at protected natural areas throughout California."
The University of California Natural Reserve System consists of 37 sites throughout California.
Together, these reserves constitute the largest and most diverse system of university administered natural lands in the world.
If vou have any questions or would like to learn more about the reserve, please contact the UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves office: (831) 459-4971."