Layia chrysanthemoides

Layia chrysanthemoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Layia
Species:	L. chrysanthemoides
Binomial name
	Layia chrysanthemoides; (DC.) A. Gray

Layia chrysanthemoides is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name smooth tidytips,^[1] or smooth layia.^[2]

It is endemic to California, where it lives in several types of habitat along the coast and in inland hills and valleys, and the Central Valley.

Description[]

This is an annual herb producing an erect, nonglandular stem to a maximum height near half a meter. The leaves are linear or lance-shaped with prickly or fuzzy edges. The lower leaves may be lobed and grow up to about 10 centimeters long.

The flower heads are cups of hairy-edged phyllaries with a fringe of white-tipped golden ray florets around a tightly packed center of yellow disc florets with purple anthers. The fruit is an achene; fruits on the disc florets often have a white bristly pappus.

References[]

^ "Layia chrysanthemoides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

External links[]

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[1] "Layia chrysanthemoides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[BSBI07-2] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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