Layia platiglossa (Tidytips)

Photographs

My photos:

This over-exposed photo is from Joshua Tree in April.

More photos:

Calacademy.org has good pictures of the flowers.

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Plant Information

Asteraceae

In the garden:

A very showy yellow-white annual composite that grows to six inches tall and a foot across. The flowers look a great deal like Gazanias. It seems to prefer clay to loam soils.

In the wild:

From Mendocino to L.A.

Ethnobotany:

Field Trips
Anza Borrego Caspers Holy Jim Canyon Idyllwild
Joshua Tree Mt Palomar Rancho Santa Ana Torrey Pines

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