Wyethia ovata) is a species of flowering plant known by the common name southern mule's ears.

It is native to the mountains and foothills of southern California and Baja California, occurring the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills in Tulare, Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties in California, with additional populations in the Peninsular Ranges south of the international border.

[3][4][5] Agnorhiza ovata grows in many types of habitat, including pine forests,[6] woodlands, and grassland.

The hairy, glandular, sticky-textured stem grows a few centimeters tall to nearly half a meter in maximum height.

The leaves have oval blades up to 20 centimeters long which are generally hairy or silky and glandular.