Wyethia_helenioides

<i>Wyethia helenioides</i>

Wyethia helenioides

Species of flowering plant

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.

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Wyethia helenioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. [2]
    Jepson Manual. 1993
  3. [3]
    C. Michael Hogan. 2008

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