Layia platyglossa, commonly called coastal tidytips,[1] is an annual wildflower of the family Asteraceae, native to western North America.

Tidytips was formerly found throughout low-elevation dry habitats in California including the Mojave Desert and into Arizona and Utah.

[1] In pre-European times this plant was common in solid stands at lower elevations.

It can be commonly found from Tijuana south to the Sierra de La Asamblea in the central part of the state.

[2] Layia platyglossa is an annual, glandular, daisy like plant with narrow, rough hairy leaves.

The leaves at the basal part of the stem can be dentate to pinnate shaped with rotund short lobes.

Its outer ray flowers are bright golden yellow with distinct, sharp-margined white tips.