Wyethia helenioides is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae[4] commonly referred to as gray mule's ears or whitehead mule-ears.

This species occurs chiefly in the California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and some areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills in California.

Wyethia helenioides is a short, low growing golden-rayed wildflower, that resemble sunflowers.

Typical understory associates in sunny clearings of mixed oak forests in coastal California include Mimulus aurantiacus and Calochortus luteus.

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