Wyethia helenioides
Wyethia helenioides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Wyethia |
Species: | W. helenioides |
Binomial name | |
Wyethia helenioides |
Wyethia helenioides is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae[2] commonly referred to as gray mule's ears or whitehead mule-ears.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs chiefly in the California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and some areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills in California.
Description
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wyethia helenioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Jepson Manual. 1993
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
External links
[edit]Media related to Wyethia helenioides at Wikimedia Commons