Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Lasthenia glabrata is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name yellowray goldfields. It is endemic to California, where it is a resident of vernal pools and other moist areas in a number of habitat types. This is a daisylike annual herb growing up to about half a meter in maximum height. The thin stem has a few pairs of oppositely-arranged, smooth-edged linear leaves each up to 15 centimeters long. The plant flowers in solitary or loosely clustered flower heads with golden yellow disc and ray florets. The fruit is an achene a few millimeters long with no pappus.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

1 - 2 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow

Flowering season

Winter, Spring

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Ease of care

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil description

Adaptable.

Site type

Saline places, vernal pools

Plant communities

Alkali Sink, Coastal Salt Marsh, Northern Oak Woodland, Valley Grassland, Wetland-Riparian

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely

Small Heliothodes Moth

Heliothodes diminutivus