Slender Goldfields (Lasthenia gracilis)

3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

 3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Slender Goldfields

SPECIES: Lasthenia gracilis

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/11/2017

LOCATION: Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Annual < 40 cm. 

Stem: simple or freely branched, branching occasionally basal in desert forms, +- hairy. 

Leaf: 0.8--7 cm, linear to oblanceolate, entire, +- hairy, +- fleshy in coastal forms. 

Inflorescence: involucre 5--10 mm, bell-shaped or hemispheric; phyllaries 4--13, free, hairy, persistent or falling with fruits; receptacle conic, rough, glabrous. 

Ray Flower: 6--13; corolla dark red in alkali solution; ray 5--10 mm. 

Disk Flower: generally many; anther tip triangular; style tips +- triangular. 

Fruit: < 3 mm, linear to +- club-shaped, glabrous or hairy; pappus of (2)4(6) opaque, white, lance-ovate scales, or 0. 

Ecology: Abundant, many habitats; 

Elevation: < 1500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP (exc NCoRH, CaRH, SNH), w DMoj; 

Distribution Outside California: central Arizona, northwestern Baja California. 

Flowering Time:Feb--Jun 

Note: Most commonly found Lasthenia. Distinguished from Lasthenia californica subsp. californica by its pappus (when present) and wider range, extending into southern California. Highly variable; needs further study. 

eFlora Treatment Author: Raymund Chan & Robert Ornduff