Seaside or short-leaved evax

Evax caulescens (Bentham) A. Gray var. brevifolia A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 229. 1884; E. sparsiflora (A. Gray) Jepson var. brevifolia (A. Gray) Jepson

Plants ± greenish, mostly 3–9 cm. Leaves cauline, largest 6–12(–14) × 3–5(–6) mm; blades ± round, ± densely lanuginose. Heads: longest 3–3.7 mm. Pistillate paleae 2.5–3.7 mm. Cypselae mostly 1–1.7 mm.

Flowering and fruiting late Mar–early Jul. Sandy, grassy or wooded coastal bluffs, terraces, dunes; 0–300 m; Calif., Oreg.

Variety brevifolia occurs in a coastal band from the San Francisco Bay area to southwestern Oregon. It is of potential conservation concern in both states. See discussion under Hesperevax acaulis var. robustior.