Lasthenia gracilis (DC.) Greene is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lasthenia gracilis (DC.) Greene

Lasthenia gracilis (DC.) Greene

Lasthenia gracilis is a small, generally hairy annual herb with specific leaves and composite flower heads.

Family
Genus
Lasthenia
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Lasthenia gracilis (DC.) Greene

Lasthenia gracilis (DC.) Greene is a typically hairy herb that grows up to 400 millimetres (15.7 inches) tall, and can be either branched or unbranched. Its leaves measure 8–70 millimetres (0.3–2.8 inches) long, are shaped linear to oblanceolate, have no teeth, and are more or less hairy. The involucre of this species measures 5–10 millimetres (0.2–0.4 inches). Each flower head holds 6 to 13 ray flowers, which are 5–10 millimetres (0.2–0.4 inches) long, and numerous disk flowers.

Photo: (c) Todd Ramsden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Todd Ramsden · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Lasthenia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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