Wyethia helenioides

Wyethia helenioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Wyethia
Species:	W. helenioides
Binomial name
	Wyethia helenioides; (DC.) Hutt.

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.

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

^ "Wyethia helenioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^ Jepson Manual. 1993
^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008

References

C. Michael Hogan. 2008 Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment - Wyethia helenioides

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[1] "Wyethia helenioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] Jepson Manual. 1993

[3] C. Michael Hogan. 2008

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