Lasthenia glabrata subsp. coulteri

Coulter's goldfields, Coulter's Goldfields

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Coulter's goldfields is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in northern Coast Ranges, southern Sierra Nevada foothills, Tehachapi, Central Valley, central western California, southern California coast, northern Channel Islands, Peninsular Ranges, and western Mojave Desert in saline areas and vernal pools at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from April to May, this plant produces bright yellow flowers in compact clusters with daisy-like heads. Growing with slender branching stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall, it spreads in delicate, low-growing formations across wetland margins. Its leaves are narrow and linear, typically 2 to 10 centimeters long, arranged alternately along the stems. The fruit is characterized by distinctive rusty or yellowish wart-like papillae covering its surface.

Habitat: Saline places, vernal pools

Bloom period: Apr-May

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: NCoRI, s SNF, Teh (1 station), GV, CW, SCo, n ChI (Santa Rosa Island), PR, w DMoj.

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