Wyethia helenioides

Wyethia helenioides is a species of flowering plants in the sunflower family[2] commonly referred to as gray mule's ears or whitehead mule-ears.

Wyethia helenioides
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Binomial name
Wyethia helenioides
(DC.) Hutt. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs chiefly in the California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and some areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills in California.

Description

Wyethia helenioides is a short, low growing golden-rayed wildflower, that resemble sunflowers. Typical understory associates in sunny clearings of mixed oak forests in coastal California include Mimulus aurantiacus and Calochortus luteus.[3]

Notes

  1. "Wyethia helenioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Jepson Manual. 1993
  3. C. Michael Hogan. 2008
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