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Lasthenia glabrata

Lasthenia glaberrima

smooth goldfields, smooth lasthenia
Habit Glabrous, lax annuals, the stems rooting from the lower nodes, 0.5-3 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, linear, entire, blunt, 2-8 cm. long, at least some of the pairs attached to each other at the base.
Flowers

Heads few, often long-pedunculate;

involucre of 5-15 bracts united in a toothed cup, 5-7 mm. high, the teeth with marginal hairs;

rays pistillate and fertile, yellow, short and inconspicuous, not exerted from the involucre;

disk flowers perfect and fertile, yellow;

pappus of 5-10 firm, awn-tipped scales.
Fruits

Achenes elongate.

Lasthenia glabrata

Lasthenia glaberrima
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Wet or muddy ground at low elevations, including venral pools.
Distribution
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; southern Washington to central California.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
L. glaberrima, L. maritima, L. minor
L. maritima, L. minor
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Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the University of Washington's Burke Herbarium.



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