Lasthenia gracilis, the needle goldfields, is an annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in California and Arizona in southwestern United States, and Baja California in northwestern Mexico. It is in the genus Lasthenia of the family Asteraceae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Common goldfields being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lasthenia fremontii
- Lasthenia californica
- Lasthenia conjugens
- Lasthenia ferrisiae
- Lasthenia coronaria
- Pseudobahia heermannii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lasthenia
- Species
- Lasthenia gracilis
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