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Wyethia helenioides is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae[2] commonly referred to as gray mule's ears or whitehead mule-ears.

Wyethia helenioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Wyethia
Species:	W. helenioides
Binomial name
Wyethia helenioides (DC.) Hutt. [1]

Distribution

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

Description

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.[3]

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Wyethia helenioides

Media related to Wyethia helenioides at Wikimedia Commons

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