Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Jensia rammii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Ramm's madia. It is endemic to California, where it is limited to the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada and its foothills. Jensia rammii is an annual herb with a hairy, glandular, branching stem up to 60 centimeters (2 feet) tall. The inflorescence produces flower heads on long peduncles. The head has 5-12 yellow ray florets up to a centimeter (0. 4 inches) long with lobed tips. The 16-65 yellow disc florets at the center have black anthers. The fruit is an achene a few millimeters long.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow

Plant communities

Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest