Deinandra pallida

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Kern tarweed imported from iNaturalist photo 276473878 on 22 October 2024.jpg

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|genus = Deinandra

|species = pallida

|authority = (D.D.Keck) B.G.Baldwin

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-114098 The Plant List, Deinandra pallida (D.D.Keck) B.G.Baldwin ]

|synonyms = Hemizonia pallida D.D.Keck

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Deinandra pallida, the Kern tarweed, is a California species of plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It has been found in the Coast Ranges, southern San Joaquin Valley, and Sierra Nevada foothills in Kern, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, and Kings Counties. Isolated populations have been reported from further north in Tuolumne County and northwestern Fresno County.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=9540 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Deinandra pallida (D.D. Keck) B.G. Baldw., Kern tarweed ]

Deinandra pallida is an annual herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It produces numerous flower heads in showy arrays, each head with 7-12 yellow ray florets and as many as 21 disc florets with yellow corollas and yellow or brown anthers.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066474 Flora of North America, Deinandra pallida (D. D. Keck) B. G. Baldwin, Novon. 9: 469. 1999. ]