Wyethia helenioides facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Wyethia helenioides |
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W. helenioides
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| Wyethia helenioides (DC.) Hutt.
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Wyethia helenioides is a species of flowering plants in the sunflower family 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.
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