Lasthenia californica
California goldfields, goldfields, slender goldfields
erect or decumbent, branched proximally or distally, ± hairy.
linear to oblanceolate or oblong, 8–210 × 1–5.5(–15) mm, (± fleshy in coastal forms) margins entire or with 3–5+ teeth, faces glabrous or ± hairy.
campanulate to depressed-hemispheric or hemispheric, 5–14 mm.
conic, muricate, glabrous.
6–16;
laminae linear to oblong, 5–18 mm.
(persistent or falling with cypselae) 4–16 (in 1–2 series), elliptic to ovate or lanceolate to oblong, hairy.
black to gray or silver-gray, linear to narrowly clavate, to 4 mm, glabrous or hairy;
pappi 0, or of 1–7 translucent (rarely opaque), brown (rarely white), linear to subulate, aristate scales.
appendages deltate to sublanceolate.
Lasthenia californica
Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).
Plants of Lasthenia californica, especially those in coastal populations, have the largest, showiest heads in the genus. Report of L. californica from Massachusetts was not confirmed for this study
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Annuals; coastal or inland; n California, s Oregon | subsp. californica |
1. Perennials (sometimes flowering first year); coastal; California | → 2 |
2. Roots fleshy, clustered; stems erect, branched distally; leaf blades 1–2+ mm wide | subsp. bakeri |
2. Roots usually not fleshy or clustered; stems decumbent, branched proximally; leaf blades 1.5–5.5(–15) mm wide | subsp. macrantha |
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