Lasthenia minor
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| Lasthenia minor (DC.) Ornduff |
Lasthenia minor is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name coastal goldfields. It is native to California, where it is a resident of coastal and inland grassland habitat. This is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near 35 centimeters. The woolly stem may be branched or not and has oppositely-arranged pairs of linear leaves. The flower heads are under a centimeter wide and have hairy phyllaries and golden yellow ray and disc florets. The fruit is an achene up to about two millimeters long with a pappus of scales.

