Lasthenia coronaria
| Lasthenia coronaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Lasthenia |
| Species: | L. coronaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasthenia coronaria (Nutt.) Ornduff | |
| Synonyms | |
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Baeria californica | |
Lasthenia coronaria is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family 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
Media related to Lasthenia species at Wikimedia Commons
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Lasthenia coronaria
- USDA Plants Profile
- Lasthenia coronaria — U.C. Photo gallery