Wyethia angustifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Engelmanniinae
Genus: Wyethia
Species: Wyethia angustifolia
Name

Wyethia angustifolia (DC.) Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7:352. 1840
Synonyms

Alarconia angustifolia DC.
Helianthus hookerianus DC.
Helianthus longifolius Hook.
Leighia hookeriana (DC.) Nutt.
Wyethia angustifolia var. foliosa (Congd.) H.M.Hall
Wyethia foliosa Congdon
Wyethia robusta Nutt.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Western USA
USA (California, Oregon, Washington State)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Wyethia angustifolia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 07 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Wyethia angustifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 07.
Tropicos.org 2018. Wyethia angustifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 07.
Hassler, M. 2018. Wyethia angustifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 07. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wyethia angustifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: California compassplant

Wyethia angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names California compassplant and narrowleaf mule's ears. It is native to the west coast of the United States from Washington to California, where it grows in grassland, meadows, and other open habitat. It is a perennial herb growing from a tough taproot and caudex unit and producing a stem 30 to 90 centimeters tall. The leaves have lance-shaped blades up to 50 centimeters tall. The inflorescence produces one or more large sunflower-like flower heads at the top of the hairy stem. The head has narrow, hairy phyllaries at the base. It contains up to 21 yellow ray florets each up to 4.5 centimeters long and many yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene which may be nearly 2 centimeters long including its pappus.