Lasthenia californica subsp. bakeri

Baker's goldfields, Baker's Goldfields

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Baker's goldfields is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial herb found in central coastal California, including Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, and San Luis Obispo counties in grassland and woodland habitats at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces yellow ray flowers 5 to 16 millimeters long with distinctive bell-shaped involucres. Growing with erect stems that are simple or few-branched, it forms clusters of fleshy roots and delicate foliage. Its leaves are narrow and clustered, typically less than 2 millimeters wide and 2 to 21 centimeters long, forming a dense basal arrangement. The fruit is glabrous and silver-gray, often with 1 to 4 clear, brown, awl-like scales.

Habitat: Grassland, woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: c&amps NCo (Mendocino, Sonoma cos.), CCo (Marin, San Luis Obispo cos.).

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.