Lasthenia coronaria

Taxobox
name = "Lasthenia coronaria"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids II
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Heliantheae
genus = "Lasthenia"
species = "L. coronaria"
binomial = "Lasthenia coronaria"
binomial_authority = (Nutt.) Ornduff
synonyms = "Baeria californica"

"Lasthenia coronaria" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name royal goldfields. It is native to California and Baja California, including Guadalupe Island. This is an annual herb approaching a maximum height near 40 centimeters. The stem may be branched or not and it bears linear or deeply divided, pointed leaves up to about 6 centimeters long. The leaves, and sometimes the stems, have a coat of glandular hairs. The foliage has a sweet scent. Atop the stems are inflorescences of flower heads with hairy, glandular phyllaries. The head contains many yellow disc florets with a fringe of small yellow ray florets. The fruit is a hairy achene up to about 2 millimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1483,1488 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LACO7 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Lasthenia+coronaria Photo gallery]