Lasthenia gracilis
| Lasthenia gracilis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lasthenia |
| Species: | L. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasthenia gracilis (DC.) Greene | |
Lasthenia gracilis (needle goldfields) is an annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in California and Arizona in southwestern United States, and Baja California in northwestern Mexico.[1][2][3] It is in the Lasthenia genus of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).[3]
Description
Lasthenia gracilis is a generally hairy herb, up to 400 millimetres (15.7 in) tall, branched or unbranced. The leaf is 8–70 millimetres (0.3–2.8 in), linear to oblanceolate, without teeth and more or less hairy. The involucre is 5–10 millimetres (0.2–0.4 in). The flower head has 6 to 13 ray flowers 5–10 millimetres (0.2–0.4 in) long. The disk flowers are numerous.[2]
References
- ↑ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Lasthenia gracilis". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- 1 2 "Lasthenia gracilis". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- 1 2 "Calflora: Lasthenia gracilis". calflora.org. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
External links
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.