Jensia rammii

Jensia rammii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Ramm's madia. It is endemic to California, where it is limited to the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada and its foothills.[2]

Jensia rammii
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J. rammii
Binomial name
Jensia rammii
(Greene) B.G.Baldw. 1999
Synonyms[1]
  • Madia rammii Greene 1885
  • Anisocarpus rammii (Greene) Greene

Jensia rammii is an annual herb with a hairy, glandular, branching stem up to 60 centimeters (2 feet) tall. The inflorescence produces flower heads on long peduncles. The head has 5-12 yellow ray florets up to a centimeter (0.4 inches) long with lobed tips. The 16–65 yellow disc florets at the center have black anthers. The fruit is an achene a few millimeters long.[3][4]

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