Lasthenia coronaria

Baeria californica Lasthenia coronaria is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name royal goldfields.

Lasthenia coronaria is an annual herb approaching a maximum height near 40 centimeters.

The stem may be branched or not and it bears linear or deeply divided, pointed leaves up to about 6 centimeters long.

Atop the stems are inflorescences of flower heads with hairy, glandular phyllaries.

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