Layia fremontii

Taxobox
name = "Layia fremontii"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids II
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Layia"
species = "L. fremontii"
binomial = "Layia fremontii"
binomial_authority = (Torr. & Gray) Gray

"Layia fremontii" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Frémont's tidytips. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the northern Coast Ranges, the Central Valley, and the Sierra Nevada foothills. This is an annual herb growing a nonglandular erect stem to a maximum height approaching 40 centimeters. The linear or lance-shaped leaves are somewhat fleshy, with the lower ones multilobed and approaching 7 centimeters in maximum length. The flower head has a base of phyllaries with fuzzy margins and hairy, bumpy surfaces. Like many other species of tidytips, the ray florets are bright yellow tipped neatly with white. The disc florets are yellow with purple anthers. The fruit is a hairy achene with a pappus of many white scales.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1504,1508 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LAFR2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Layia+fremontii Photo gallery]