Layia

Taxobox
name = "Layia"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = tidy tips
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids II
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Layia"
genus_authority = Hook. & Arn. ex DC.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 14, see text.

"Layia" is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family known generally as tidy tips. There are about fourteen species of tidytips, which are native to western North America. Several are California endemics. These are erect daisylike annual herbs with dark glandular stems. The flower heads usually contain white or yellow ray florets; some species have yellow florets tipped sharply in white which give the flowers their common name.

Species:
*"Layia carnosa" - beach tidytips
*"Layia chrysanthemoides" - smooth tidytips
*"Layia discoidea" - rayless tidytips
*"Layia fremontii" - Frémont's tidytips
*"Layia gaillardioides" - woodland tidytips
*"Layia glandulosa" - white daisy tidytips
*"Layia heterotricha" - pale yellow tidytips
*"Layia hieracioides" - tall tidytips
*"Layia jonesii" - Jones' tidytips
*"Layia leucopappa" - Comanche Point tidytips
*"Layia munzii" - Munz' tidytips
*"Layia pentachaeta" - Sierra tidytips
*"Layia platyglossa" - coastal tidytips
*"Layia septentrionalis" - Colusa tidytips

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1504 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LAYIA USDA Plants Profile]