Agnorhiza reticulata

Wyethia reticulata), known by the common name El Dorado County mule's ears, is a rare species of flowering plant found only in a small region of north-central California.

[3] Agnorhiza reticulata grows in the California interior chaparral and woodlands habitats of the Sierra Nevada foothills.

[1] It has been found in El Dorado, Sacramento, and Yuba Counties.

[1][5] Agnorhiza reticulata is a perennial herb producing a hairy, glandular, sticky-textured stem growing 40 to 70 centimeters tall, at times reaching 1 meter (3 ft.).

[6] The inflorescence is a usually solitary sunflowerlike flower head with up to 21 yellow ray florets measuring up to 2.5 centimeters long.