Lasthenia coronaria: Difference between revisions
copyedit |
→External links: Adding category and minor clean up |
||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]] |
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]] |
||
[[Category:Flora of Mexican Pacific Islands]] |
[[Category:Flora of Mexican Pacific Islands]] |
||
[[Category:Flora of California without conservation status]] |
|||
Revision as of 02:59, 17 June 2022
| Lasthenia coronaria | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lasthenia |
| Species: | L. coronaria
|
| Binomial name | |
| Lasthenia coronaria (Nutt.) Ornduff
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Baeria californica | |
Lasthenia coronaria is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name royal goldfields. It is native to California and Baja California, including Guadalupe Island.
Description
Lasthenia coronaria is an annual herb approaching a maximum height near 40 centimeters. The stem may be branched or not and it bears linear or deeply divided, pointed leaves up to about 6 centimeters long. The leaves, and sometimes the stems, have a coat of glandular hairs. The foliage has a sweet scent.
Atop the stems are inflorescences of flower heads with hairy, glandular phyllaries. The head contains many yellow disc florets with a fringe of small yellow ray florets.
The fruit is a hairy achene up to about 2 millimeters long.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Lasthenia coronaria
- USDA Plants Profile
- Lasthenia coronaria — U.C. Photo gallery
 | This Asteroideae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |