Wyethia helenioides
Wyethia helenioides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Wyethia |
Species: | W. helenioides |
Binomial name | |
Wyethia helenioides (DC.) Hutt. [1] | |
Wyethia helenioides is a species of flowering plants in the sunflower family[2] commonly referred to as gray mule's ears.
Distribution
This species occurs chiefly in the California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and some areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills in California.
Description
Wyethia helenioides is a short, low growing golden-rayed wildflower, that resemble sunflowers. Typical understory associates in sunny clearings of mixed oak forests in coastal California include Mimulus aurantiacus and Calochortus luteus.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "Wyethia helenioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Jepson Manual. 1993
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008 Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg