Lasthenia coronaria
Lasthenia coronaria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Lasthenia |
Species: | L. coronaria
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Binomial name | |
Lasthenia coronaria (Nutt.) Ornduff
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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
[edit]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
[edit] Media related to Lasthenia coronaria at Wikimedia Commons
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Lasthenia coronaria
- USDA Plants Profile
- Lasthenia coronaria — U.C. Photo gallery