Coastal goldfields facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lasthenia minor |
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Lasthenia
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Lasthenia minor is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name coastal goldfields. It is endemic to California, where it is a resident of coastal and inland grassland habitat.
Description
Lasthenia minor is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near 35 centimeters. The woolly stem may be branched or not and has oppositely-arranged pairs of linear leaves.
The flower heads are under a centimeter wide and have hairy phyllaries and golden yellow ray and disc florets.
The fruit is an achene up to about two millimeters long with a pappus of scales.
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