Wyethia helenioides

Wyethia helenioides
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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This species occurs chiefly in the California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and some areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills in California.

Description

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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

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