Wyethia helenioides
Wyethia helenioides is a species of flowering plants in the sunflower family[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]
Notes
- "Wyethia helenioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Jepson Manual. 1993
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008 Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
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