Lasthenia californica

Lasthenia californica is an annual herb approaching a maximum height near 40 centimeters but generally staying much smaller. The plant is quite variable in appearance across subspecies and climates. The leaves are hairy, somewhat linear in shape, and one to seven centimeters long. Individuals growing along the coast may have fleshy leaves.

FlowersAtop the hairy stems are inflorescences of flower heads with hairy phyllaries. The head contains many yellow disc florets with a fringe of small ray florets. Large populations of this species bloom at once in the spring to produce the carpets of yellow on hillsides and in meadows that give the plant its common name.




California goldfields at Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve




 

Lasthenia calfornica in Fremont, CA




 

Field of L. californica and some scattered California poppies,  Eschscholzia californica

Lasthenia Californica

Lasthenia californica

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