Taraxia ovata

Goldeneggs

Family: Onagraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Goldeneggs is a California native perennial found in northwestern and central western California in grassy fields with clay soil at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces yellow flowers with petals 8 to 23 millimeters long, characterized by its slightly fleshy texture. Growing with erect stems reaching up to 15 centimeters tall, it develops narrowly elliptic to ovate leaves 30 to 150 millimeters long. Its leaves have distinctive short, erect hairs along the veins and margins, creating a textured appearance. The fruit develops as a linear-oblanceolate capsule 11 to 30 millimeters long, which becomes slightly swollen with seeds and has a papery texture.

Habitat: Grassy fields, generally clay soil

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: NW, CW

California counties: Sonoma, Marin, Santa Cruz, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Mateo, Monterey, San Francisco, Napa, Lake, San Luis Obispo, Humboldt, Santa Clara, San Benito, Mendocino, Solano

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