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Pronunciation: las-THEE-nee-a GRAS-il-is
Common name: Goldfields
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Many plant communities including coastal sage scrub, chaparral, valley grassland, creosote bush scrub and shadscale scrub below 4500', both cismontane and at the western edges of the Mojave desert
Blooming period: February to June
Name derivations: 1) Lasthenia 2) gracilis
NOTE: The Jepson eflora says "Plants of Lasthenia californica ssp. californica and Lasthenia gracilis without pappus not distinguishable morphologically; molecular studies show them as separate and distinct taxa."