Asteraceae
Needle goldfields
Lasthenia gracilis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lasthenia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Needle goldfields
Synonyms
- Baeria chrysostoma subsp. gracilis (DC.) Ferris
- Baeria chrysostoma var. gracilis H.M.Hall
- Baeria gracilis (DC.) A.Gray
- Baeria gracilis var. gracilis
- Burrielia gracilis DC.
- Burrielia gracilis var. gracilis
- Burrielia hirsuta Nutt.
- Burrielia longifolia Nutt.
- Burrielia parviflora Nutt.
- Burrielia tenerrima DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Steers/NPS, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.