ID this plant?

[Higgs Boson]

Hope this goes through - am having hard time uploading pix:

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or maybe

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This is So. Calif coastal.

TIA

HB

[Jeff Layman]

Could be Colletia armata.

[Higgs Boson]

Thanks. I checked it out, but doesn't look the same.

Anybody else?

HB

[Higgs Boson]

Still hoping... anybody new to thread?

TIA

HB

[Pat Kiewicz]

Has it ever flowered?

[Higgs Boson]

(Usual reminder: This is So. Calif coastal)

Tx for followup.

HB

[Jeff Layman]

Try other Colletias, such as hystrix or spartioides.

[Higgs Boson]

VICTORY! The wonderful plant sales mgr. at the Huntington sent me this link:

So: Coreopsis gigantica.

I remember it had yellow flowers before I moved it from the ground to the large porch planter (which I built in woodshop eons ago -- my greatest achievement!!) No blooms so far, in its supposed flowering period, but maybe still recovering?

Judging from link, it will have to go back into the ground somewhere, as it seems too much, long-run for a planter. Somewhere less conspicuous, probably, as link says it goes brown between seasons.

HB

[Pat Kiewicz]

Whoah, so I was on the right track. My reason for asking the question: I suspected something in the Asteraceae.